Episode 38 - Look: Phrasal Verbs and Idioms - a podcast by ESL in Ho Chi Minh City

Phrasal verbs and idioms using the word "look"

look like
look alike
look around
look over
look through
look into
look away
look the other way
look down on
look down one's nose at
look sharp
look small
look back
never look back
look after
look out for someone
look out for something
look out
look for
look for trouble
look forward to
look up
look up to
look something up
look someone up
look someone up and down
look someone in the eye (or eyes)
look to the future
be only looking
be just looking
look the part
a dirty look
a faraway look
a blank look
a come-hither look
look one's age
look for a needle in a haystack
the devil looks after his own
look on the bright side
look high and low
look like something the cat dragged in
look like the cat that swallowed the canary
look good on paper
if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck

Now write a story that uses at least 12 of these phrases. Here is an example for reference:

Mary Anne is a senior citizen. She’s in her seventies but she doesn’t look her age. She lives alone and looks after herself. This September will be her last year in college. She’s looking forward to it. Looking back on the first semester, she had some trouble fitting into the school. Everybody always looked out for her and tried to help her in the most possible ways. Although she appreciated it, it made her look small sometimes. She knows most of her classmates look up to her though, since not many people could take up a third language at her age. Mary Anne was in many teachers’ good books. She never looked for trouble or got into fights like some other students. Even if she ever did, the teachers probably would look the other way. She was well aware that she didn’t look the part, but she worked really hard. She looked up everything she hadn’t heard of in encyclopedias. She was lagging behind for the first two months and it took her lots of energy, effort and time to catch up with them. Things have looked up since then. Now she has all the right to look to the future with a smile.

Theresa and I will personally write back to everyone who submits a story and will share the most creative ones on a future podcast. Write to us here or at eslhcmc@gmail.com

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