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in this episode we’re going to talk
about the verb look so let’s go

the basic definition of the verb look is
to use your eyes to use your skills of

vision - yeah to use your eyes to look
to turn your eyes towards something to

use your vision is to look the
difference between the verb see if you

watch the see episode of know your verbs
seeing means to perceive something with

the eyes look means like to focus the
eyes on something to direct your

attention towards something whereas see
is like to take in something to perceive

to gain information with the eyes Luke
is just focusing your attention in

something on something conjugations
let’s check out the conjugations of this

verb present tense look or looks past
tense looked past participle looked

progressive or continuous tense looking
so let’s check out some of the

additional meetings of the verb look
first to appear in accordance with here

are some examples she’s had a rough year
yeah she looks at Bern second example

he’s 60 he doesn’t look it okay so in
these example sentences look is

referring to matching some other
information about a person or about a

condition about a situation so in this
case in the first example sentence we

hear she’s had a rough year and then the
response to that is yeah she looks it so

it means it in other words the it here
means as though she’s had a rough year

she looks meaning she appears in
accordance with the fact she has had a

rough year but that’s a very long thing
to say instead we say yeah she looks it

she’s her appearance suggests what you
have just said she’s had a rough year

yeah she looks it where it equals rough
year and looks shows that matches so her

look matches this rough year fact we’ve
learned about her the second sentence is

similar
someone says he’s 16 meaning he’s 60

years old but we hear the negative
response he doesn’t look it meaning he

does not appear as a 60 year old man
meaning in other words he probably looks

much younger than 60 he doesn’t look it
could be that he seems way way older

than 60 years old like if someone looks
ancient if someone has the appearance of

a very very old person and you go oh my
gosh he’s 60 he doesn’t look it that’s

possible too that’s possible I suppose
so do you just have to gauge based on

the intonation so we can use an
expression like that to mean someone is

significantly younger or older
the next meaning is two seam to seam

here are some examples this looks pretty
tough this is looking like it’s going to

be easier than I thought
in these example sentences we can

replace the verb look with seam
the meaning stays the same so this looks

pretty tough has the same meaning as
this seems pretty tough so to seem and

to look have the same meaning in these
examples in the second example sentence

we saw this is looking like it’s going
to be easier than I thought

we can replace looking with seaming and
the meaning stays the same this is

seeming like it’s going to be easier
than I thought so both of these we can

simply replace the verb and we have the
same meaning in these cases so look

means to seen why would you use look
instead of seeing what is the difference

here for me personally I think seam
sounds slightly more formal than look I

would not use seam in most cases I would
say looks in most cases when I want to

say seam if I want to sound slightly
more formal or slightly more polite I

would probably use seen this seems to be
the problem what seems to be the problem

instead of what looks like the problem
look at how it looks like this one’s

your problem I look sounds like not
nearly as formal alright next is to have

in mind as a goal to have in mind as a
goal here are some examples we’re

looking to buy a new car by the end of
the month he’s looking to complete his

job transfer by next month so both of
these sentences define a goal they

explain a goal we’re also using the
progressive form of looking so that

means we are in the progress of working
towards a goal or in the progress of

completing a goal in the first example
sentence we’re looking to buy a new car

by the end of the month means our goal
is to buy a new car by the end of the

month and we are currently trying to do
that but this is quite a long expression

so instead we use look we are looking to
buy a new car I suppose we could replace

this with the verb aiming to we’re
aiming to buy a new car aiming but

aiming sounds rather formal and looking
is a little bit more casual so we’re

looking to buy a new car in the second
sentence he’s looking to complete his

job transfer by next month we see the
same thing his goal is to complete his

job transfer and his aim is to do it by
next month so he is currently

working towards his goal he’s looking to
complete something we use it in the

progressive tents to show he is
currently trying to achieve this goal to

achieve this outcome
the next meaning is to express with your

eyes or with your face so you’re
actually you’re creating an appearance

with your eyes or your face and
expression in other words here are some

examples she looked surprised
they look pretty angry here both of

these examples are talking about an
expression a facial expression or some

appearance that is created with the face
or with the eyes so in the first example

we see she looked surprised in past
tense

this indicates that with her face
something about her face or her eyes

showed surprise she created a surprised
face with her facial expression in other

words so she looked surprised in the
second example they look pretty angry

present tense
they look pretty angry means their

facial expression appears angry their
what something they are doing with their

face or their eyes creates an angry look
look as a noun here so too they look

pretty angry is their expression appears
angry let’s go on to some variations of

this how can we pair other words with
look to create a new meaning first is

look into look into this means to
investigate here are some examples we

need to look into these accusations have
you looked into the requirements for

your license
both of these mean to examine or to

investigate something so in the first
example sentence we need to look into

these accusations means we need to
investigate these accusations we need to

maybe research we need to search for
more information about something so look

into kind of contains all of that find
more information about something but

look into is much shorter and easier to
say to look into something it does sound

more casual you could replace this with
the verb investigate we need to

investigate these accusations instead of
look into these accusations and

• gate sounds more formal than looking -
  in the second sentence have you looked

into the requirements for your license
we see the same thing have you

investigated the requirements for your
license but investigated sounds quite

polite quite formal so instead we use
have you looked into past tense have you

looked into the requirements past tense
shows investigation but it doesn’t sound

so formal as investigate the next
variation is look the other way look the

other way this means to direct your
attention away from something unpleasant

here are some examples you can’t just
look the other way while your boss

mistreats the employees in your company
we shouldn’t look the other way when our

fellow humans are in trouble so these
example sentences show the use of look

the other way meaning to look away from
something unpleasant in the first

example about a boss mistreating
employees in a company it means we can’t

just turn our attention away from the
mistreatment of the employees in the

company or we should not do that that’s
a bad idea

we should not direct our attention away
from this unpleasant situation if

there’s a bad situation there we should
not ignore that situation in other words

we should not look the other way we
should not turn our attention away from

this bad situation and in the second
example sentence we shouldn’t look the

other way when our fellow humans are in
trouble it’s a more general statement

but if other humans fellow humans other
people are in trouble we should not

ignore it we should not ignore it we
should not turn our attention in another

way ok so I hope that this video helped
you level up your understanding of the

verb look if you have any questions or
comments or know some other uses of the

word look please let us know in the
comment section below this video thanks

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so many bugs Luke I am your father

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extremely correct yes excellent work
French target examine I looked away ah I

would I didn’t realize how much I use
the grip look oh my gosh oh my gosh look