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Look ahead (to something)
→ predict, anticipate something or things that might happen.
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In order to build a sustainable company, you need to form the habit of looking ahead.
To build a sustainable company, you need to form the habit of foresight/foreseeing
Look back (on something)
→ reflect on something in the past (= relect on).
When Mary looked back on her childhood in the countryside, she was filled with a wave of nostalgia /nəˈstældʒə/.
When thinking about her childhood in the countryside, a feeling of nostalgia welled up in Mary
Look for (sth)
→ search for something (= search for).
Hey dude, what are you looking for?
Hey, are you looking for something?
Look forward to (sth)
→ what to expect.
After a period of hard work to prepare for and take the first-semester exams, Loan is looking forward to the coming Tet Holiday with her family in Mui Ne.
After a period of studying hard to prepare and take the first semester exam, Loan is looking forward to the upcoming Tet holiday with her family in Mui Ne.
Look in (on somebody)
→ visit places, especially visit someone at home when they are sick or need help.
Philip, Josh is away for a business trip and his mother has just got sick recently. Wanna join me to look in her mother?
Philip, Josh is on a business trip and his mother recently got sick. Do you want to come with me to visit her?
Look on
→ stand by (without participating).
Binh Dinh is a place where you don’t have to worry about being mugged : people never just look on when someone is being attacked.
Binh Dinh is a place where you don’t have to fear being robbed: people there never just watch when someone is attacked.
Look out
→ Careful! (= watch out).
My, look out! Lots of cars are coming.
My, be careful! A lot of cars are going there
Look out for (sb)/(sth)
→ watch out, be careful with someone/something.
Tourists should look out for pickpockets in crowded areas.
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Tourists should watch out for their wallets in crowded places
Look around/round
→ turn your head to look at something.
George, there is a snake coming out of the bush! Look around!
George, there’s a snake coming out of the bushes! Look behind you baby!
→ go visit, go around somewhere said.
I think we should spend some time this afternoon to look around Hue. We’re leaving tomorrow already.
I think we should take some time this afternoon to look around Hue a bit. We have to go tomorrow
Look through (something)
→ read quickly through something.
The exam will start at 2pm. Now it’s 1:30pm and most students are looking through their notes for one last time.
The exam will start at 2pm. It is 1:30 am and most of the students are going through their notes for the last time
Look to somebody for something
| Look to somebody to do something (formal)
→ hope someone gives you something; hope someone does something.
After the devastating typhoon Haiyan, people in the Philippines are looking to the rest of the world for urgent aid.
After the devastating typhoon Haiyan, Filipinos are waiting for urgent aid from people around the world
Look up something
→ look up something.
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