unexpected turn

collocation in English

meaningsofunexpectedandturn

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unexpected
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/us
/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/
not ...
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turn
noun
uk
/tɜːn/us
/tɝːn/
an opportunity or a duty to do something at a particular time or in a particular order, before or after ...
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Anunexpectedturnof events signalled even more far-reaching changes.
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But we do have an especially rich feast of exegesis, gloss, amusing surprise, andunexpectedturn.
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Events took anunexpectedturn.
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The second is that the question has been given anunexpectedturn.
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Then things take anunexpectedturn.
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In the end, their lives take anunexpectedturn.
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His destiny however was to take anunexpectedturn.
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What started as a company initiative took anunexpectedturn.
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The election itself created yet anotherunexpectedturn.
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Thisunexpectedturnof events leaves them perplexed.
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During the last hour or two the debate appears to have taken a somewhat startling andunexpectedturn.
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However, her life took anunexpectedturnwhen she finds out that she is pregnant.
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However, when a 17-year old beauty enrolls in his class, life takes anunexpectedturn.
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It is also important to remember that destroyers and frigates are useful and can be utilised when international events take anunexpectedturnfor the worse.
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The case took anunexpectedturnwhen her attorney withdrew from the courtroom after an argument with the judge.
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That is, until anunexpectedturnof events thrusts his songs out of obscurity and into the spotlight.
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In anunexpectedturnof events, the massive sculpture broke apart and started spilling over just two months later.
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The story takes anunexpectedturnwhen 18 people out of 426 passengers survive but are marooned on an island.
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But this is a meeting which is not destined to happen as things take anunexpectedturn.
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Usually, the fantasy would take anunexpectedturnand proceed down a quite different path than the guest expected.
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In anunexpectedturnof events, there followed a series of 17 successive draws, some relatively short, and others drawn in unsettled positions.
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His life took anunexpectedturnin 1676, when he gave his blessing to a nun, bedridden for some 13 years: she was miraculously healed.
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The holiday takes anunexpectedturnwhen the boys catch wind of a rumor that, if true, could have serious implications.
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Yet things take anunexpectedturnwhen the deliveryman falls for the young woman, but their romance is put in jeopardy by the obstacles they encounter.
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