tourner

tourner [tuʀne] vt → to turn [+ sauce, mélange]; to stir (= contourner); to get (a)round;

(Ciné) → to shoot; to make

vi → to turn; [moteur] → to run; [compteur] → to tick away; [lait etc] → to turn (sour) (fig) [chance, vie] → to turn out;

se tourner vi → to turn (a)round;

se tourner vers → to turn to; to turn towards;

bien tourner → to turn out well;

tourner autour de → to go (a)round;

(planète) → to revolve (a)round;

(péj) → to hang (a)round;

tourner autour du pot (fig) → to go (a)round in circles;

tourner à/en → to turn into;

tourner à la pluie/au rouge → to turn rainy/red;

tourner en ridicule → to ridicule;

tourner le dos à (mouvement) → to turn one's back on;

(position) → to have one's back to;

tourner court → to come to a sudden end;

se tourner les pouces → to twiddle one's thumbs;

tourner la tête → to look away;

tourner la tête à qn (fig) → to go to sb's head;

tourner de l'œil → to pass out;

tourner la page (fig) → to turn the page