turn around

se retourner, faire demi-tour

Se tourner ou tourner quelque chose dans une autre direction, souvent la direction opposée.

En anglais simple : To move yourself or something so that it faces a different direction, often the opposite one.

• Turn around and look at me.
• We turned the car around and drove home.
• Why did he turn around at the door?

Comment l'utiliser : turn around (Turn around and look behind you.); turn something around (She turned the chair around to face the window.)

Synonymes : turn, reverse direction

Expressions courantes : turn around slowly, turn around completely, turn around something

redresser, relancer

Faire passer une activité ou une situation de l’échec à la réussite.

En anglais simple : To change a failing situation into a successful one.

• The team turned the game around.
• A new manager helped turn around the business.
• Can we turn this situation around before it is too late?

Comment l'utiliser : turn something around (The new coach turned the team’s season around.); turn around (After months of losses, the business began to turn around.)

Synonymes : rescue, revive, improve

Expressions courantes : turn around something, turn around businesses

transformer, inverser

Transformer profondément quelque chose, parfois jusqu’à en faire le contraire de ce qu’il était.

En anglais simple : To change something greatly, often to the opposite of what it was before.

• That experience turned my life around.
• He turned his position around and now supports the plan.
• Could better education turn these attitudes around?

Comment l'utiliser : turn something around (The experience turned her whole outlook around.)

Synonymes : transform, reverse, change radically

Expressions courantes : turn around something, turn around completely

faire volte-face, se contredire

Dire ou faire soudain quelque chose qui contredit ses paroles ou ses actes précédents.

En anglais simple : To suddenly say or do something different from what you said or did before.

• She agreed, then turned around and refused.
• He supported me yesterday but turned around and criticized me today.
• How can you turn around and blame us after approving the plan?

Comment l'utiliser : turn around and do something (He offered to help, then turned around and refused.)

Synonymes : change course, reverse oneself

Expressions courantes : turn around suddenly, turn around later

reformuler, considérer autrement

Examiner une question ou une situation sous un angle différent.

En anglais simple : To look at a question or situation from a different point of view.

• Let us turn the question around.
• She turned the argument around to show another point of view.
• Can you turn this problem around and consider it from their side?

Comment l'utiliser : turn something around (Turn the question around and consider what the customer needs.)

Synonymes : reframe, reconsider

Expressions courantes : turn around something, turn around arguments

produire, terminer

Fabriquer des produits ou terminer des travaux, généralement dans un délai donné.

En anglais simple : To make or finish a number of products or pieces of work, usually within a particular time.

• We can turn around fifty orders today.
• The factory turned around a thousand units last week.
• How quickly can you turn around these reports?

Comment l'utiliser : turn around something in/by… (Our team can turn around these orders in two days.)

Synonymes : produce, complete

Expressions courantes : turn around orders, turn around products