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  • 21turn to good account — ► turn to (good) account turn to one s advantage. Main Entry: ↑account …

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  • 22Turn It Up (Pixie Lott album) — Turn It Up Studio album by Pixie Lott Released 11 September 2009 ( …

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  • 23turn — [tʉrn] vt. [ME turnen < OE turnian & OFr turner, tourner, both < L tornare, to turn in a lathe, turn < tornus, lathe < Gr tornos, lathe, carpenter s compasses, akin to terein, to bore through: for IE base see THROW] I to cause to… …

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  • 24turn (something) to good account — turn/use (something) to good account formal to use something to produce good results. She turned her natural curiosity to good account by becoming a detective …

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  • 25turn selfishly to one's own account — index exploit (take advantage of) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 26turn to good account — index capitalize (seize the chance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 27account — ac|count1 W1S2 [əˈkaunt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(description)¦ 2¦(at a bank)¦ 3 take account of something 4 on account of something 5 accounts 6 on account 7¦(with a shop/company)¦ 8¦(bill)¦ 9¦(arrangement to sell goods)¦ …

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  • 28account — noun 1》 a description of an event or experience. 2》 a record of financial expenditure and receipts.     ↘chiefly Brit. a bill for goods or services. 3》 a service through a bank or similar organization by which funds are held on behalf of a client …

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  • 29turn something to account — I turn something to (good) account turn something to one s advantage II turn something to (good) account see account …

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  • 30account — 1 noun 1 DESCRIPTION (C) a) a written or spoken description which gives details of an event: There were several different accounts of the story in the newspapers. | give an account: David gave us a vivid account of his trip to Rio. | blow by blow …

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