{"id":4588,"date":"2011-07-12T15:14:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T15:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2018-01-13T13:56:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T18:56:21","slug":"common-errors-in-english-phrasal-verbs-with-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-phrasal-verbs-with-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Errors in English: Phrasal Verbs with LOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Don\u2019t say:<\/span> \u201cLook this picture.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Say:<\/span> \u201cLook at this picture.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>There are many\u00a0<strong>phrasal verbs\u00a0<\/strong>with the word &#8220;look.&#8221; The different prepositions in the phrasal verbs create different meanings:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Look at<\/strong> \u2013 Direct attention to something<\/p>\n<p><strong>Look for<\/strong> \u2013 Try to find something that is lost:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m looking for my glasses. Do you know where\u00a0they are?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Look up<\/strong> \u2013 Try to find information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI always look up new words in the dictionary.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Look up to (someone)<\/strong> \u2013 Admire a person for their good character.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI really look up to my father\u00a0\u2013 I hope to be as kind and generous as he is.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Look down on (someone)<\/strong> \u2013 Consider a person to be inferior.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMy boss is so arrogant. She looks\u00a0down on everybody and treats us like we don\u2019t know anything.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Look after<\/strong> \u2013 Take care of.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m looking after my neighbor\u2019s dogs while she\u2019s on vacation.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Look into<\/strong> \u2013 Investigate.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe police are looking into the case.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Look forward to<\/strong> \u2013 Be happy about something that will happen in the future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m really looking\u00a0forward to our family trip to the mountains. It\u2019s going to be so relaxing!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Look over<\/strong> \u2013 Review, evaluate, check for errors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cCan you look over my report and make some\u00a0suggestions on how to improve it?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Look out!<\/strong> \u2013 Be careful!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cLook out! That pan is going to fall off the stove.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/phrasal-verbs-in-conversation-course\/\"><strong>Learn Phrasal Verbs Naturally in Conversation!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/phrasal-verbs-in-conversation-course\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/phrasal-verbs-course-video1-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"phrasal-verbs-course-video\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/phrasal-verbs-course-video1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/phrasal-verbs-course-video1.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t say: \u201cLook this picture.\u201d Say: \u201cLook at this picture.\u201d There are many\u00a0phrasal verbs\u00a0with the word &#8220;look.&#8221; The different prepositions in the phrasal verbs create different meanings: Look at \u2013 Direct attention to something Look for \u2013 Try to find something that is lost: \u201cI\u2019m looking for my glasses. 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