10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURN TURTLE»
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
See also turn (r defs 3 and 4). turn turtle see turtle. turn up 1 vi (in/) to appear or
arrive: He turned up at our house. 2 vi ( inf) tc be found : Don 't worry - it'll turn up
again. 3 of sep to increase (the level of noise, light etc) produced by (something):
...
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Python Programming Fundamentals
Method Description Turn turtle left by angle units. (Units are by default degrees,
but can be set via the degrees() and radians() functions.) Angle orientation
depends on mode. (See this.) Example (for a Turtle instance named turtle): ...
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New Palauan-English Dictionary
... from: olechlb. turn (turtle) face up: om(e)chiro. turn down turn down (wick of
lamp): olengebiet. turn Into: obult. turnip: ddikong. turn off tum off (radio, etc.):
omekodd. turn off (water, etc.): simir. turn on: omekdrd. turn on or turn knob of (
lantern, ...
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Mastering English: A Student's Workbook and Guide
The fusion of run riot and turn turtle results in internally complex lexical units,
which means that riot and turtle are no longer independent free forms. The
independent noun lexemes RIOT and TURTLE have the plural forms riots and
turtles, and ...
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Biology of Turtles: From Structures to Strategies of Life
Lee, M.S.Y., Reptile relationships turn turtle...and turn back again, Nature, 389,
245, 1997b. Lee, M.S.Y., Molecules, morphology, and the monophyly of diapsid
reptiles, Contr. Zool., 70, 1–22, 2001. Li, Y.-J., and Tsoi, C.-M., Phylogenetic ...
Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels,
2007
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
In Terry Pratchett's DISCWORLD series, the world is said to be supported by four
elephants carried on the back of a giant turtle; the idea of the universe supported
on a turtle's back is derived from Hindu mythology. turn turtle chiefly (of a boat) ...
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The Language of Sailing
To turn turtle (of a ship) is to be completely inverted. Partly from the Anglo-French
'torn', 'rurn', 'tourn', and the equivalent of OF 'ror', 'tour', and thence from the latin '
rurnus' and the Greek 'tarnos'. First attested in a nautical context in 1743 in ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
turn turtle said of a boat, etc: to turn upside down; to capsize. ffl 17c: from Latin
tortuca a tortoise. turtledove e- noun 1 any of several kinds of wild doves that are
noted for their soft cooing and for the affectionate way they behave towards their
...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... see TABLE. turn something to advantage: see ADVANTAGE. turn to ashes: see
ASH. turn someone's stomach: see STOMACH. tu rn tail turn round and run away.
informal turn a trick: see TRICK. turn turtle: see TURTLE. turn up the heat: see ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
turn up one's nose (at) see nose. turn up trumps see trump. a U-turn see u. turtle
turn turtle (of a boat etc) to turn upside down; to capsize: The boat turned turtle in
the rough sea. [Literally, to make a turtle easy to kill by turning it on its back.] ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz,
1993
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TURN TURTLE»
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Ridiculously ripped turtle stars in Marylands new hype video
But if this hype video is any indication, the Terrapins want opponents to know they're not going to just, well, turn turtle. In the equally intense and frightening clip ... «FOXSports.com, Sep 14»
Warmer Temps May Turn Turtles Female
The gender of a baby painted turtle is determined by the temperature of the soil in which its egg is incubated. Warmer temperatures produce female turtles and ... «Discover Magazine, May 13»