After a while, he turned and looked at me. 12 → look before you leap 13 → be looking to do something 14 → look under the bonnet SPOKEN PHRASES 15 → look 16 → look out! 17 → look at that! 18 → look who’s here! 19 → don’t look now 20 → look what you’re doing/look where you’re going etc 21 → look what you’ve done! 22 → look here 23 → (I’m) just looking THESAURUS look to turn your eyes towards someone or something, so that you can see them You should never look directly at the sun. 5 → look daggers at somebody 6 → look somebody up and down 7 → look somebody in the eye 8 → look down your nose at somebody/something 9 → look the other way 10 → look no further 11 face a direction OPPOSITE/FACE if a building looks in a particular direction, it faces that direction The cabin looks east, so we get the morning sun. This type of verb links the subject of the sentence with an adjective or noun: It looks windy outside. → look like a million dollars GRAMMAR: Linking verbs Look is a linking verb in meanings 3 and 4. What did the man look like? My sister doesn’t look anything like me. look as if/as though/like He looked as if he hadn’t washed for a week. You made me look really stupid in front of all my friends! 4 appearance to have a particular appearance How do I look? look tired/happy/sad etc You look tired. It looks like they won’t be needing us anymore. it looks as if/as though/like (=it seems likely that ) It looks as if it might rain later. look good/bad etc The future’s looking good. 3 seem APPEARANCE to seem From the way things look at the moment, the Republicans are unlikely to win this election. look in/under/between etc Try looking under the bed. look for Could you help me look for my contact lens? If you’re looking for a bargain, try the local market. 2 search LOOK FOR to try to find something I looked everywhere but Jimmy was nowhere to be found. If you look to someone, you depend on them: He always looked to his father for advice.✗ Don’t say: She was looking to the baby. You look at someone or something: She was looking at the baby.‘We can’t go out in this weather, ’ said Bob, looking out of the window.
look away/over/down etc Dad looked up from his paper and smiled. The men all turned to look at her as she entered the room. look at ‘It’s time we left, ’ Ian said, looking at his watch. If you look carefully you can see that the painting represents a human figure. S1 W1 verb 1 see LOOK AT to turn your eyes towards something, so that you can see it We sneaked out while Jessie’s mom wasn’t looking.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English look look 1 / lʊk /
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