Hi again. I'm Adam. Welcome back to www.engvid.com.
Today's lesson, again, everybody's favourite, phrasal verbs. We're going to look at phrasal
verbs with "look". Again, what is a phrasal verb? It's a verb with a preposition combination
to get usually very different meanings. Now, if you're thinking: "Oh my god. Too many of
these phrasal verbs. You're doing too many of these lessons", things are starting to
look up. I'm getting near the end. There's a limit to how many of these I can do, so
don't worry; things are looking up. Okay. Let's start with "up". "Look up". A few meanings.
There's the literal meaning, look up. Look up at the sky; look up, see that plane flying.
No problem. You can also "look up". If any of these words give you difficulty and you're
not sure what I'm saying or you didn't catch what I'm saying, look them up in the dictionary
or look them up online. Go to Google or go to wherever you go, the dictionary, punch
in the word, and you will get the meaning of this word. Now, what I said before: "Things are looking
up." If something is starting to look up, it means it's starting to be more positive.
It's starting to look better. Okay? You can be a bit happier about what's coming. So you
can look up to the situation changing, or the situation is changing. "Look up to". This is a little bit different.
"Look up to" means... Because of the "to", you're getting a bit of a direction of somewhere.
Right? So you're looking up to someone. If you look up to someone, means you use them
as a role model. They're somebody you want to be like. Okay? So I'll put here just so you
get that word. "Role model". So, usually, when you're young as a child, you look up
to your parents. You think: "Oh my god. My parents are amazing. I want to be like them."
When you get older, we'll leave that to you. "Look down". Now, I'm not saying you're going
to look down on your parents, but when you look down on somebody, you're putting them
beneath you. Okay? You're making them a little bit inferior. The opposite of inferior - superior.
Okay? But if somebody is inferior and if you look down on somebody, means you think they
are less than you. They're not as good at their job, they're not as good of a baseball
player or whatever sport. They're... You're a better student than they are, so you look
down on them. You're thinking: "Not so good." Of course, "look down" by itself
is just look down on the ground. "Look over". Okay? Now, if there's a fence here
between my house and my neighbour's house, I could look over the fence and see what's
going on. But "look over" can also mean just check. Okay? So, for example, I wrote an essay,
and before I hand it in to my teacher, I want to give it to my friend to look over the essay
and make sure there's no mistakes, make sure I didn't say anything wrong or make any spelling
mistakes. I just want him or her to check it. I want him to look
it over and check it. "Look in on". Okay? "Look in on" means just
keep an eye out for somebody, or a little bit take care of somebody. Right? So, for
example, I'm going away on vacation next week. I ask my neighbour to look in on my plants.
All he has to come in, open the door, check they're still alive, okay. We'll talk about
"look after", it's a little bit similar... You know what? I'll talk about "look after"
now. If I have a dog, I can't ask my neighbour to "look in" on my dog. I need more than that.
I need my neighbour to "look after" my dog. "Look after" means take care of.
Okay? "Look through" is also a little bit similar to
"look over", but a little bit more detailed. "Look through" is inspect, look for detailed
things. So I want you to look through my essay, and find this or that particular thing. "Look
over", very quickly skim it; look for any problems. "Look through", I want you to
go in detail and find everything. Now, "look through" can also be a physical action.
For example, the police, if they're trying to find a criminal, they will go... If they have
a suspect, they will go to his or her house, they will look through their garbage to find
any clothes. So, "look through" means inspect, look for something specific. Okay.
So, "look after", take care. "Look into". "Look into" means investigate. So
there's a problem at my office, we're not... Our sales are not very high; we're losing
money somewhere. I'm going to "look into" the problem. I'm going to find out what's
going on. Okay? So, "look into", investigate. "Look out". "Look out!" Be careful. Right?
Pay attention. Something's coming. I throw a baseball, I say: "Oh, look out!" because the
baseball is about to hit you in the head. So be careful, be aware. "Look out for" means pay attention to. So,
you will meet my friend... I will meet my friend on the corner, but I want you to look
out for him or her, in case you see them and I don't. Okay? "Look out for", just pay attention
to. Be ready for something to happen. Expect something to happen. Last: "Look around". So, of course, there's
"look around", the physical one where you're actually moving your eyes around the place.
But if you go into a store, the sales clerk comes up to you and you're going into a clothing
store, for example, the sales clerk comes up to you and says: "Can I help you with anything?"
You say: "No, no. I'm just looking around." "Just looking around" basically means browse.
I'm not sure if you know this word either. "Browse" means you're going to just look and see
what's available, what's on sale, if there's anything nice. You're not really looking to
buy anything, but if you find something nice, you'll buy it. So you're just looking
around. Just browsing. Okay? Very simple phrasal verbs, I think. Very useful
phrasal verbs. These are used every day in all kinds of situations. Learn them, practice
them. You can go to www.engvid.com. There's a quiz there that you can practice these with.
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