Phrasal Verbs "look..."
Phrasal Verb | Translation | Example |
look after
| приглядывать за кем-то, заботиться | She looked after the child while I was out |
look ahead
| заглядывать в будущее | We are trying to look ahead and see what our options are. |
look back on
| вспоминать прошлое, смотреть назад (на) | My grandfather looks back on his army days with pleasure. |
look down on
| смотреть свысока, с презрением | She looks down on John because he isn’t rich. |
look for
| искать | I looked for you everywhere. |
look forward to…
| с нетерпением ждать | Every year the children look forward to the holidays coming. |
look into
| расследовать, решать проблему изнутри | The police are looking into the case of the smuggled diamonds. |
look in on smb
| заглянуть к кому-то, проведать | I’ll look in on my mother on my way home. |
look on
| наблюдать | He pushed me to the door and the other people looked on as though nothing were happening. |
look onto, look out on to
| выходить окнами на | The windows look onto garden. |
look out = watch out
| остерегаться | Look out, that step's not safe! |
look over
| тщательно осмотреть территорию | We must look the school over before sending our son there. |
look round
| ходить рассматривая | She spent a few hours looking round the shops. |
look through
| просматривать материалы; просмотреть, не заметить | He looked through his notes before the lecture. I said good morning but she looked me straight through and walked on. |
look up
| смотреть в справочнике, словаре, списке | If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in a good dictionary. |
look up to…
| уважать | I've always wanted a girlfriend I could look up to. |