go back (return to a place) I must go back; I have left the door unlocked. It is getting dark; we should go back home. (to have existed since a time in the past) Their friendship goes back to when they were neighbors. Some of these buildings go back to the …
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come back (return to a place) In half an hour, I’ll come back and pick you up. I’m leaving, and I may never come back. (to start to exist or happen again) The pain in my arm had come back. The fashion for high heels is coming back. …
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turn the corner (pass a difficult period and start to improve) Your brother’s surgery was successful, but he’ll turn the corner for at least 36 hours. We can turn the corner if we increase our sales volume by 15%. envocabulary.com
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work your fingers to the bone (to work extremely hard, especially for a long time) I’ll work my fingers to the bone until I pay back all my debts. I can’t watch you work your fingers to the bone for me. envocabulary.com
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turtle (an animal that lives mainly in water and has a hard shell on its back) A turtle spends most of its time in the water, either in oceans or freshwater bodies, only coming to land to lay eggs. Turtles lay their eggs deep in the sand on the beach …
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