Phrasal verbs with look
“Look after” có 3 loại tân ngữ theo sau như oneself, something và somebody.
- Chịu trách nhiệm để chăm sóc ai đó, hoặc chăm lo điều gì đó
Ex: Who’s going to look after the children while you’re away? (Somebody)
I’m looking after his affairs while he’s in hospital. (something)
Don’t worry about me—I can look after myself (= I don’t need any help).
- Chịu trách nhiệm đảm bảo mọi thứ tốt đẹp đến với ai đó
Ex: He’s good at looking after his own interests.
Ex: I am looking ahead to a better life after I get married.
- Trái ngược nghĩa với Look ahead là Look back
Lưu ý: Look back (on something): to think about something in your past: nhìn lại một điều gì đó đã xảy ra trong quá khứ.
Ex: He usually looks back on his childhood whenever he’s sad.
Ex: We shall be looking for an improvement in your work this term.
Ex: I’m looking forward to the weekend.
Lưu ý: Động từ đi theo “Look forward to” sau phải ở dạng hiện tại phân từ (V-ING)
Ex: We’re really looking forward to seeing you again.
Ex: Passers-by simply looked on as he was attacked
Lưu ý: Khi “look on” có tân ngữ đi kèm thì nghĩa của nó hơi khác một chút.
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Look on somebody/something as somebody/something: to consider somebody/something to be somebody/something: Xem xét (chung)
Ex: She’s looked on as the leading authority on the subject.
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Look on somebody/something with something: to consider somebody/something in a particular way: Xem xét (về 1 vấn đề cụ thể)
Ex: They looked on his behaviour with contempt.
(to think that you are better than somebody/something)
Ex: She looks down on people who haven’t been to college.
Ex: At last things were beginning to look up.
Ex: She looks in on her elderly neighbour every evening.
Why don’t you look in on me next time you’re in town?
Ex: A working party has been set up to look into the problem.
Lưu ý: “Look into” Có nghĩa khác nếu into là một giới từ
Ex: He looks into her eyes as if to ask for a kiss.
(used to warn somebody to be careful, especially when there is danger = Watch out)
Ex: Look out! There’s a car coming.
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Look out for somebody: to take care of somebody and make sure nothing bad happens to them
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Look out for somebody/something:
+ to try to avoid something bad happening or doing something bad: Cố tránh xa điều xấu sắp xảy ra hoặc cố tránh làm điều xấu
Ex: You should look out for pickpockets.
+ Do look out for spelling mistakes in your work: Cố tìm kiếm hoặc gặp gỡ ai đó
Ex: I’ll look out for you at the conference.
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Look out for somebody/yourself: to think only of somebody’s/your own advantage, without worrying about other people: Tự phụ
Ex: You should look out for yourself from now on.
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Look something out (for somebody/something): to search for something from among your possessions: lục lại, tìm lại
Ex: I’ll look out those old photographs you wanted to see.
Ex: We looked over the house again before we decided we would rent it.
(to turn your head to see somebody/something behind you)
Ex: She looked round when she heard the noise.
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Look through: Phớt lờ ai đó
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Look through somebody: to ignore somebody by pretending not to see them
Ex: She just looked straight through me.
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Look through something: to examine or read something quickly: Xem hoặc đọc điều gì đó rất chóng vánh
Ex: She looked through her notes when making speech
Ex: Happy is the man who can look back on his past with sactifaction.
Ex: Don't look down on the poor, my dear! Poverty is not a vice.
Ex: Wait a minute! I'll look up the exact word for you.
Ex: I always look up to kind fine people.
Ex: Doesn't he look like his father?
Ex: After having looked into the proof, the police concluded that John was the robber.
Ex: I'm looking forward to seeing you soon.
Ex: Let me look over the paper and give you an advice.
Ex: Why don’t you look in on your aunt next time you are in town?
Ex: Passers-by simply looked on as the accident happened.
Ex: Look out! There is a car coming.
Ex: She looked round and secretly hide the box of money.