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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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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