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  • 41look up — {v.} 1. {informal} To improve in future chances; promise more success. * /The first year was tough, but business looked up after that./ 2. To search for; hunt for information about; find. * /It is a good habit to look up new words in a dictionary …

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  • 42look up — {v.} 1. {informal} To improve in future chances; promise more success. * /The first year was tough, but business looked up after that./ 2. To search for; hunt for information about; find. * /It is a good habit to look up new words in a dictionary …

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  • 43look something up — look (something) up to check a fact or get information about something. If you don t know the meaning of the word, look it up in your dictionary. The research involved looking up how my opponent voted …

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  • 44look up — look (something) up to check a fact or get information about something. If you don t know the meaning of the word, look it up in your dictionary. The research involved looking up how my opponent voted …

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  • 45look back (on something) — ˌlook ˈback (on sth) derived to think about sth in your past Syn: reflect on • to look back on your childhood Main entry: ↑lookderived …

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  • 46Look Back in Anger — [Look Back in Anger] a play (1956) by John Osborne. Its main character, Jimmy Porter, is an ‘ ↑angry young man ’ who directs his anger about British society at his upper class wife Alison. The play was a great influence on other writers of the… …

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  • 47look forward to something — ˌlook ˈforward to sth derived to be thinking with pleasure about sth that is going to happen (because you expect to enjoy it) • I m looking forward to the weekend. • look forward to something doing sth We re really looking forward to seeing you… …

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  • 48look out for yourself — ˌlook ˈout for sb/yourself derived to think only of sb s/your own advantage, without worrying about other people • You should look out for yourself from now on. Main entry: ↑lookderived …

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  • 49look to something — ˈlook to sth derived (formal) to consider sth and think about how to make it better • We need to look to ways of improving our marketing. Main entry: ↑lookderived …

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  • 50Look Away Now — is a Radio 4 sports based comedy presented by Garry Richardson (the Today Programme s sports reporter). The program takes the form of a sports news program and mocks many aspects of such programs. The cast also includes Laurence Howarth,… …

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