Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

I'll grab a sandwich to keep the wolf from the door until dinner time.

Grab him, don't panic, rambo under my jacket Nap him, splash him, then I'm petrol bath my jacket

Glory days don't mean shit to me I drank a six-pack of apathy Life's a bitch, and so am I