Spoken English: Flourish Your Language

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11162 Spoken Enghsh II
Look on = watch something like a crime without helping
Example: The crowd just looked on as the old lady was mugged.
Look out = be careful
Example: Look out, you're going to drop that!
Look round = inspect a house
Example: We looked round the house and decided that we didn't
like it enough to buy it.
Look up = consult a reference work (dictiona~ phonebook, etc.)
for a specific piece of information.
Example: I didn't know the correct spelling so I had to look it up in
the dictionary.
Look up to = respect
Example: She's looks up to her mother.
Make for = head in a certain direction
Example: We made for home when it started raining.
Make into = change something into something else
Example: Many churches have been made into flats in recent years.
Make it up to = try to compensate for doing something wrong
Example: He tried to make it up to her, but she wouldn't speak to
him.
Make off with = steal
Example: Thieves made off with over a million dollars in the rob-
bery.
Make out = make a cheque payable to sumebody
Example: Please make the cheque out to RGM Productions Ltd.
Make out = pretend

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