to. All right. This is one of those verb phrases that has a lot of meanings and a

lot of uses. So today we're going to cover six meanings and give six examples.

So one example for each meaning because it has you know six of them today.

All right. So let's look at the first meaning of turn to. So one meaning we

could use is to rely on or go to someone for aid or for help. So if you turn

to someone, you could turn to somebody for aid. You could turn to

somebody for help and here's our first example.

Many universities turn to their alumni you know, these are students that

graduated before. Turn to their alumni for donations. So they are turned to them

for help. They're turning to them for money, for donations. So that's the first

example. All right number two. This is the second definition to physically move

one's body or head. Yes. So you could turn your head to somebody or you could turn

your whole body to somebody. This is what we mean. So here's the second example. He

turned to her and said I love you. So he may have turned his whole body.

But he definitely probably at least turned his head to her to look directly

at her. So in this case we mean it. So you need to turn your head or your whole

body and face to someone or something. You could turn to them. All right. Number

three. To direct one's attention toward. So turn to can also mean direct one's

attention toward. Number three here. Here's the example I like to turn to

that website to get my news. So you're giving your attention to that website.

Maybe you like to get your news from them. Okay, good.

Number four here. The example to open a book to a certain page. We often

hear someone say you know turn to a certain page. Turn to this page. So let's

look at example number four now. Turn to page 45 and we will start the class. So a

teacher may say that to the class. Okay. Or maybe you hear that you know, and in

in a church or temple. You know, the priest or the rabbi or somebody may say...

tell you, if you have the hymn book in front of you to turn to a certain page.

All right. Number five. To redirect one's loyalty. So kind of like you're changing

your loyalty. Number five here. I decided to turn to a

more conservative party you know, this could be a political party. Of course , you

go either way you could decide to turn to a more liberal party or the

Libertarian Party. It really doesn't matter, but you're changing your loyalty so

you're turning to another party, to another group.

Okay. And number six here. To convert or change one's religion. You could use turn

to. So on the show\" Sex in the City\" the character, Charlotte. Yes. If you

remember that that HBO series. It's been off the air for a while now, but still it

was a very popular show. So she turned to Judaism for her husband. Yeah. And at the

end, she decided to marry another guy who was a Jewish lawyer. And I think he

promised his mother before he died that you know he would only marry another

girl if he was Jewish. And she decided to you know, change for him. To change her

religion. So she turned to Judaism for him. To marry him. Okay. Anyway, I hope you

got it. I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time.

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