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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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turning corners

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00if something or someone turns the corner, their situation starts to improve after a difficult period. 01i01font00Certainly, the company's been through difficult times but I think we can safely say that we have now turned the corner.02font02i00 01i01font00I was really ill on Tuesday and Wednesday but I think I've finally turned the corner02font02i02br
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00Searching for a more distant place, I kept turning corners. I considered Ko Samui, an island located 50 miles out in the Gulf of Thailand, until I noticed that a lot of others had the same idea. 02br
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00What's the meaning of turning corners? I don't think the above definition fits?02br
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00Thanks in advance!0-
  

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0But instead I headed south, to Thailand’s beaches. Sadly, I found that coveted destinations once whispered about on the traveler’s grapevine have become standard stops recommended in guidebooks. In Phuket, Krabi, and Phi Phi thatched-roof cottages and restaurants with sand floors and candles in coconut shells have been replaced by chain hotels and chefs in white coats.02br
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0 I think in this article - I kept turning corners - means I wasn't making any progress,a bit like meeting dead-ends0-
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0 I agree with Optilang's reading0-
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00When you drive a car and you 05000, you turn left or right at a junction, so you choose another road and leave the one you're driving on. 02br
00Could the author have used this expression figuratively to say something like "01i00I kept changing my destination02i00"? 0240hrefhttp://www.google.co.uk/search?num=100&
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01cite10New2grammar12cite11b10turn the corner12b12br
10if something or someone turns the corner, their situation starts to improve after a difficult period. 11i11font10Certainly, the company's been through difficult times but I think we can safely say that we have now turned
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0Thanks, MH and Optilang0-
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01cite10Tanit12cite10Hi,12br
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10When you drive a car and you 15110, you turn left or right at a junction, so you choose another road and leave the one you're driving on. 12br
10Could the author have used this expression figuratively to say something like "11i10I kept changing my desti
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0Thanks, MH, Optilang and Tanit!0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10"11i10I kept changing my destination12i10"?[12blockquote
10Don't think this quite works here as the author wrote: 02br
01b00Searching for a more distant place02b00, I kept turning corners.02br
00So the destination here was a
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