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• look (someone) up
  навещать кого-либо

  "I doubt that I'll be able to look you up; I've been very busy lately."
• look a gift horse in the mouth
  дарёному коню в рот не смотрят"

  William's father gave him a computer, but William complained that the computer was outdated. His father told him not to look a gift horse in the mouth.
• look after (someone)
  ухаживать за кем-либо, присматривать

  My cousin asked me to look after her baby son while she was out shopping.
• look after number one
  заботится только о себе, о своих интересах

  Hanna is very selfish; she only looks after number one, and she never helps other people.
• look at (someone) cross-eyed
  посмотреть косо на кого-либо

  Wendy said something unpleasant, and Dorothy looked at her cross-eyed.
• look at the world through rose-colored glasses
  смотреть на мир сквозь розовые очки, быть слишком оптимистичным

  Everybody seems to think that I look at the world through rose-colored glasses, but in fact I am very realistic.
• look down on (someone or something)
  смотреть свысока, презирать

  There is no need to look down on a man just because he is poor.
• look down one's nose at (someone or something)
  смотреть свысока, "воротить нос" от кого-либо \ чего-либо

  Tamara is very arrogant; she always looks down her nose at everybody.
• look down one's nose at (someone)
  смотреть свысока, "воротить нос" от кого-либо

  Tamara is very arrogant; she always looks down her nose at everybody.
• look for (something to happen)
  ожидать, что что-либо произойдёт

  We are looking for Bill Brown to become a member of Parliament in the forthcoming election.
• look for (something)
  искать что-либо

  I have been looking for my glasses all day, but I still don't know where they are.
• look for trouble
  вести себя вызывающее, искать повода для ссоры, драки

  Every other evening the youngsters were hanging around, looking for trouble.
• look forward to (something)
  ожидать чего-либо с удовольствием

  I am looking forward to your prompt reply.
• look good on paper
  хорошо смотреться на бумаге (но может быть неприемлемо на практике)

  "Your project looks good on paper, but I am afraid in practice it will be good for nothing."
• look high and low for (someone or something)
  искать кого-либо \ чего-либо повсюду

  They looked high and low for a happy man, but they were not able to find him.
• look in on (someone)
  нанести краткий визит кому-либо

  "Will you please look in on little Alan and see what he is doing?"
• look into (something)
  детально исследовать, изучать, расследовать

  "The food has been very poor lately; I want you to look into it."
• look like (something)
  прогнозировать, предсказывать что-либо

  It looks like it is going to snow later in the day.
• look like a million dollars
  прекрасно выглядеть, быть здоровым, счастливым и преуспевающим

  Martha looked like a million dollars when I saw her the other day.
• look like death warmed over
  выглядеть очень больным

  Tim was very pale and looked like death warmed over, so I couldn't help asking him what the matter was.
• look like something the cat dragged in
  выглядеть усталым, "быть выжатым как лимон"

  Wanda was very tired after the flight and looked like something the cat dragged in.
• look like the cat that swallowed the canary
  выглядеть очень довольным

  Jeremy looked like the cat that swallowed the canary when he told me about his success.
• look on
  наблюдать со стороны

  Paul didn't take part in the game; he merely looked on.
• look on (someone) as (something)
  считать кого-либо чем-либо

  "Why do you look on him as authority?"
• look out
  быть осторожным, быть настороже

  "Look out! There is a big puddle straight ahead."
• look out for (someone or something)
  смотреть внимательно, продолжать искать кого-либо \ что-либо

  They continued to look out for a skilled company secretary.
• look out for (someone)
  присматривать, заботиться о ком-либо

  "Will you please look out for my little Rocky while I am out?"
• look over (something)
  внимательно просматривать что-либо

  "Would you mind looking over my exercise?"
• look over one's shoulder
  опасаться чего-либо плохого

  Pam always looks over her shoulder when she crosses a busy street.
• look the other way
  отвернуться, игнорировать

  I asked him a question about his background, but he looked the other way.
• look the picture of health
  прекрасно выглядеть

  I was shocked when I learnt about Mark's death; he seemed to look the picture of health.
• look to (someone)
  обращаться за помощью к кому-либо, рассчитывать на кого-либо

  Sue had no one but her father to look to.
• look to (something)
  заботиться, следить за чем-либо

  "I want you to look to my daughter's safety and comfort."
• look up (something)
  искать слово (в словаре), наводить (справки) о чём-либо

  I looked up all the new words in the dictionary.
• look up to (someone)
  уважать кого-либо

  They looked up to him as a brilliant example of devotion to duty.