turn up a notch

English translation: increase a little

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English term or phrase:	turn up a notch
Selected answer:	increase a little
Entered by:	Dave Calderhead

17:09 Aug 10, 2006

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English term or phrase: turn up a notch

He felt an electric tingle on his skin................The current across his skin turned up a notch.

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increased a little

Explanation:
or a fraction - as in going one notch higher

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Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 08:33

Grading comment

I agree. Thank you very much.
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3 +9

the sensation he was experiencing intesified/became several degrees stronger

Caryl Swift

4 +7

increased a little

Dave Calderhead

4 +4

became more intense

Refugio

3 +3

became a little bit more intensive

Andrey Belousov (X)

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

increased a little

Explanation:
or a fraction - as in going one notch higher

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48

Grading comment

I agree. Thank you very much.

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

became a little bit more intensive

Explanation:
That's how a perceived it

Andrey Belousov (X)
United States
Local time: 02:33
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 8

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

the sensation he was experiencing intesified/became several degrees stronger

Explanation:
When we turn something up a notch, we intensify it. For example, on a freezing night, as the temperature drops, we turn up the heating a notch, increasing it. The 'notch' could be said to refer to the marks on the control dial (volume control on a sound system, heat intensity dial on the cooker etc).

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And those notches mark the degree by which we intensify the sound/heat/etc.

And of course, in the suggestion it should be 'inteNsified' - sorry about the typo.

Caryl Swift
Poland
Local time: 08:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 76

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Dave Calderhead

4 mins

-> Thank you! :-)

agree

María Teresa Taylor Oliver: Heh, reminds me of Emeril Lagasse's catch phrase: "Kick it up a notch!"

6 mins

-> Exactly! Thank you! :-)

agree

conejo

10 mins

-> Thank you! :-)

agree

Suzan Hamer

10 mins

-> Thank you! :-)

agree

Sara Noss

31 mins

-> Thank you! :-)

agree

Alfa Trans (X)

38 mins

-> Thank you! :-)

agree

Will Matter: Exactly!

2 hrs

-> Thank you! :-)

agree

Alison Jenner

2 hrs

-> Thank you! :-)

neutral

Refugio: but not "several degrees" since it is "a" notch//precisely why such terminology should be avoided

3 hrs

-> My radiator control increases the heating by around 3 degrees per'notch',my cooker dial by 10.Here I used'several'to convey the idea of intensifying somewhat.

agree

Marcella S.

16 hrs

-> Thank you! :-)

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

became more intense

Explanation:
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Refugio
Local time: 23:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 120

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