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  • 21look — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief, cursory, quick ▪ careful, close, close up (esp. AmE) …

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  • 22look for — verb 1. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of (Freq. 50) The police are searching for clues They are searching for the missing man in the entire county • Syn: ↑search, ↑seek • Derivationally related forms: ↑s …

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  • 23look — /lʊk / (say look) verb (i) 1. to fix the eyes upon something or in some direction in order to see. 2. to glance or gaze, in a manner specified: to look questioningly at a person. 3. to use the sight in seeking, searching, examining, watching, etc …

  • 24look forward to — [verb] anticipate, await, expect, hope for, long for, look for, wait for * * * AWAIT WITH PLEASURE, eagerly anticipate, lick one s lips over, be unable to wait for, count the days until. → look * * * look forward to To anticipate with pleasure •… …

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  • 25look at — verb 1. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes (Freq. 17) Take the case of China Consider the following case • Syn: ↑consider, ↑take, ↑deal • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 26look after — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms look after : present tense I/you/we/they look after he/she/it looks after present participle looking after past tense looked after past participle looked after 1) a) look after someone/something to take care… …

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  • 27look into — verb 1. investigate scientifically (Freq. 6) Let s investigate the syntax of Chinese • Syn: ↑investigate • Derivationally related forms: ↑investigation (for: ↑investigate), ↑ …

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  • 28look at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms look at : present tense I/you/we/they look at he/she/it looks at present participle looking at past tense looked at past participle looked at 1) look at someonesomething to direct your eyes towards someone or… …

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  • 29look for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms look for : present tense I/you/we/they look for he/she/it looks for present participle looking for past tense looked for past participle looked for 1) look for someone/something [usually progressive] to hope… …

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  • 30look up — phrasal verb Word forms look up : present tense I/you/we/they look up he/she/it looks up present participle looking up past tense looked up past participle looked up 1) [transitive] to try to find a particular piece of information by looking in a …

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