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A TURN

Modern Translation: A TURN

Language Translations for "A TURN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏في وقته (in due season, opportune, to a turn), ‏تحسن (advance, ameliorate, amelioration, become soundly established, betterment, change for the better, get better, get well, improve, improvement, mend, pick me up, progress, rally, recover, refinement, reform, speed up, take a turn for the better). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

разхождам се (have a walk, perambulate, promenade, ramble, take a turn, take a walk, walk), променям се (reshape, take a turn), препичам (bake to a turn, overdo). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

拐彎兒 (go on a new course, take a turn), 好轉 (improve, take a turn for the better). (various references)

   

Czech

  

přijít na řadu (take a turn). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kääntyä parempaan päin (take a turn for the better). (various references)

   

French

  

s'améliorer (take a turn for the better). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כראוי (as should be, duly, to a turn, well, worthily). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

veszi a kanyart (to take a corner), kedvezőbbre fordul (to take a turn for the better), kedvezőbb fordulatot vesz (to take a turn for the better), jobbra fordul (to ameliorate, to turn to the right), javul (to ameliorate, to progress), befordul (to get round, to turn in). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

belot (apostate, be a turn coat, turn coat). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

替わり (a replacement), 一転 (complete change), 一巡り (a lap, a revolution, a round, once around, one full year), 一回り (a round), 一周 (a lap, a revolution, a round, once around, one full year). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ひとまわり (a round), ひとめぐり (a lap, a revolution, a round, once around, one full year), かわり (a replacement, alteration, alternate, an exchange transaction, change, compensation, deputy, difference, proxy, relief, second helping, strangeness, substitute), いっしゅう (a denomination, a kick, a lap, a rejection, a revolution, a round, a sect, a week, once around, one full year), いってん (complete change, dot, firmament, only a little, only one, particle, point, speck, the whole sky). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aay urntay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

avea înclinaţie pentru ceva (have a turn for smth.), m-a speriat de-a binelea (it gave me quite a turn), face o plimbare prin grãdinã (take a turn in the garden). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

пропекать (bake to a turn), принимать дурной оборот (take a turn to the worse), изменяться к лучшему (take a turn for the better), делать поворот (make a turn). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

tionndadh (turning), tùrn (feat, turn of work), seach (alteration : fa seach, aside, away, by, gone by, mu). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

dobro ispeći (bake to a turn). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

en su punto (to a turn). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

precis (precise, precisely, accurate, punctual), perfekt (perfect, perfectly). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ทำอาหารอย่างดี (done to a turn). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, faultless, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), kıvamında (to a turn), daha iyiye gitmek (take a turn for the better). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

tow bermek (give a turn). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

точно (accurately, cold, dead, definitely, due, exactly, explicitly, fair, faithfully, flush, just, microscopically, minutely, precisely, prompt, punctually, sharp, to a turn, true, truly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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