| The French word | |
la tournure |
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| turn (of phrase, events); appearance (f) | |
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Les choses prirent soudain une mauvaise tournure.
Things took a sudden turn for the worse. |
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Les choses ont pris soudain une mauvaise tournure.
Things took a sudden turn for the worse. |
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Les choses n'ont pas pris la tournure à laquelle Tom s'attendait.
Things didn't turn out the way Tom expected. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |
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