turn to

se tourner vers, s’adresser à

S’adresser à une personne ou à un organisme pour obtenir de l’aide ou des conseils.

En anglais simple : To ask a person or organization for help or advice.

• You can turn to me for help.
• He turned to a lawyer for advice.
• Who did you turn to when things went wrong?

Comment l'utiliser : turn to someone for something (She turned to her sister for advice.)

Synonymes : ask, consult, seek help from

Expressions courantes : turn to someone, turn to friends, turn to experts

se transformer en, devenir

Devenir autre chose ou passer à un état différent.

En anglais simple : To change into a different thing or state.

• The water turned to ice.
• Their joy soon turned to sadness.
• The abandoned building has turned to dust.

Comment l'utiliser : turn to something (The puddles turned to ice overnight.)

Synonymes : become, turn into

Expressions courantes : turn to dust, turn to ice, turn to anger

se tourner vers, avoir recours à

Commencer à utiliser quelque chose ou à pratiquer une activité pour faire face à une situation difficile.

En anglais simple : To begin using something or doing something to deal with a difficult situation.

• She turned to music during a lonely winter.
• Some people turn to alcohol when they feel anxious.
• He had turned to stealing to feed his family.

Comment l'utiliser : turn to something (After losing his job, he turned to gambling.); turn to doing something (They turned to selling their belongings to pay the rent.)

Synonymes : resort to

Expressions courantes : turn to alcohol, turn to crime, turn to something

se tourner vers, passer à, aborder

Commencer à consacrer son attention ou ses efforts à un sujet ou à une activité.

En anglais simple : To begin giving your attention or effort to a particular subject or activity.

• Let us turn to the next question.
• After lunch, we turned to planning the trip.
• He turned to painting late in life.

Comment l'utiliser : turn to something (The discussion turned to the cost of the project.); turn to doing something (She turned to writing stories after retirement.)

Synonymes : focus on, take up, address

Expressions courantes : turn to writing, turn to something, turn to business

transformer en, changer en

Faire devenir quelqu’un ou quelque chose autre chose, ou le faire passer à un état différent.

En anglais simple : To make someone or something change into a different thing or state.

• The cold turned the water to ice.
• The fire turned our furniture to ash.
• In the story, a spell turned the prince to stone.

Comment l'utiliser : turn someone/something to something (The fire turned the papers to ash.)

Synonymes : transform, turn into, convert

Expressions courantes : turn something to dust, turn someone to stone, turn something to ash

se mettre au travail

Se mettre à travailler activement, notamment quand on donne aux marins l’ordre d’accomplir leurs tâches.

En anglais simple : To begin working hard, especially when sailors are told to do their jobs.

• The captain ordered the crew to turn to.
• We turned to and cleaned the deck.
• Everyone must turn to before the ship leaves.

Synonymes : get to work, set to

Contraires : stop work

Expressions courantes : turn to now, turn to immediately, turn to again