turn (someone's) crank

To excite or arouse the interest of someone. To be honest, science never turned my crank in school. I was always more interested in literature.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Torkel	-	Norwegian, Swedish
Malle	-	Medieval English
Palmer	['pa:mə]
Jabin	JAY-bin (English)	Biblical
Rachana	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Nepali
ValÉRia	-	Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovak