Id | ESLPod_0246_WE_0167 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 246 |
Episode Title | Understanding Addresses |
Phrase | to look (something) up |
Text | In this podcast, the phrase "to look (something) up" means to look for a piece of information in a reference book (like a dictionary or telephone directory) or on a computer: "We can look up our class schedules on the Internet." The phrase "to look (someone) up" means to make contact with someone whom one hasn't spoken with in a long time: "When Mimi was in Frankfurt, she looked up her mother's cousins, even though she had never met them before." The phrase "to look up to (someone)" means to admire and respect someone: "Gisela looks up to her mother a lot, because she is always honest and caring." Finally, the phrase, "to look up from (something)" means to raise one's eyes from something that one is concentrating on: "Freneli was angry because her husband didn't look up from his newspaper while she was talking to him." |
Topics | Home + Community |
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