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Meaning of the wheel turns | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

Time moves forward; circumstances change; life continues.

Examples

“You have⟳ to accept⟳ that a new world pushes out the old. The wheel turns.”
“"I'm sorry, Paul. I know⟳ you went through hell with her nonsense, and I don't know⟳ how you put⟳ up with so much for Sammy, but the wheel turns, mate. Keep⟳ cool and let⟳ me know⟳ what you plan⟳ to do."”
“Sherlock Holmes: There's going to be a bomb on a passenger jet. British and American governments know⟳ about it, but rather than expose the source of their information, they're going to let⟳ it happen⟳. The plane will blow⟳ up. Coventry all over again. The wheel turns, nothing is ever new.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

the wheels came off the wheels came off the wagon the wheels fell off the winner takes it all the wolf is at the door the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature

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