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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
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so many bugs Luke I am your father
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look at that
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