Sentences - "turn up" and "(be) bored to tears"
I really didn't expect that my cousin to turn up.
I went to watch the last blockbuster movie, but people appeared to be bored to tears.
Can someone give me more examples, please? Thank you.
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Sentences - "turn up" and "(be) bored to tears"
I really didn't expect that my cousin to turn up. (Or I really didn't expect that my cousin would turn up, but that's less used I think)I went to watch the last blockbuster movie, but people appeared to be bored to tears.
Can someone give me more examples, please? Thank you.
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Sentences - "turn up" and "(be) bored to tears"
I really didn't expect that my cousin turned up.A letter turned up on her desk.
I went to watch the last blockbuster movie, but people appeared to be bored to tears. (different expressions!)
People appeared to be Close to tears.
A handsome engineer who bored me to tears with his tales of motorway maintenance.
Can someone give me more examples, please? Thank you.
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"I lost my glasses at the party, but eventually they turned up."
"I haven't been able to find my watch. I hope that it turns up."
"Turn up" also has a new slang meaning. It means to party or get drunk. You'll hear it a lot in American hip hop and pop music.
"That math class bored me to tears."
"During the concert, I was bored to tears"
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Sentences - "turn up" and "(be) bored to tears"
I really didn't expect that my cousin to turn up.I went to watch the last blockbuster movie, but people appeared to be bored to tears.
Can someone give me more examples, please? Thank you.
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