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look up |
1. v. (intransitive, idiomatic) To have better prospects, to improve. |
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Things started looking up after Jim moved back in with his parents. |
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2. v. (transitive, idiomatic) To obtain information about something from a text source. |
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I didn't know what a mitochondrion was until I looked it up in a dictionary. |
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3. v. To track down or search for (someone that one used to know). |
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We stayed up late to look up at the stars. |
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look |
1. v. (intransitive, often, with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. |
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Look at my new car! Don’t look in the closet. |
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2. v. To appear, to seem. |
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It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. |
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3. v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being. |
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up |
1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity. |
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I looked up and saw the airplane overhead. |
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2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely. |
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I will mix up the puzzle pieces. |
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Tear up the contract. |
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