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"text": "Breakups can be incredibly difficult, but one may wish to seek therapy rather than turn to drugs."
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]
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{
"examples": [
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"text": "In 1939 he turned to films in earnest."
}
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"To direct one's attention or efforts toward something."
]
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{
"text": "Turn to the left up here."
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"text": "To start my homework, I had to turn to page twenty in my textbook."
}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become",
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},
{
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "sich verwandeln in"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become",
"word": "dönüşmek"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to consult for advice",
"word": "kääntyä jonkun puoleen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to consult for advice",
"word": "kysyä neuvoa"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to consult for advice",
"tags": [
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"word": "sich wenden an"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to consult for advice",
"word": "rivolgersi"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to consult for advice",
"tags": [
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"word": "zwracać się"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to consult for advice",
"tags": [
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"word": "zwrócić się"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to consult for advice",
"word": "acudir"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to consult for advice",
"word": "vända sig till"
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"word": "turn to"
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