Phrasal verb: turn into

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Test No. incompl/inter-32 "Story (1)", question 3

Perhaps I should turn that word 'waiting' ......... a more specific explanation: I mean being a waiter in a hotel.

(a) down
(b) to
(c) into
(d) aside from

Test No. incompl/inter-32 "Story (1)", answer 3

Perhaps I should turn that word 'waiting' into a more specific explanation: I mean being a waiter in a hotel.

Correct answer: (c) into
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[Mister Micawber]

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Turn A into B = convert, change, recast A to B.

Here, the speaker wants to clarify the word 'waiting' by stating that it means 'being a waiter in a hotel'.
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[Alan]

Hi,

The reason I chose turn into in this story is that I meant convert or change it into an explanation because on its own it can mean being a waiter in a restaurant, which is the sense I have used it in the story and also of course it can mean expecting something to happen as in waiting for a bus.

Alan
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