Vocabulary

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When I was a child I used to have a nanny who looked after me, and I looked up to her as if she were my mother. As I look backon it now, it seems like I would have never been as happy and healthy as I was if I did not have her to look out for me. She taught me how to be a good friend and how to defend myself when other kids were teasing me. She never looked down on me or treated me like I was just a kid. I remember some afternoons when she would bake me cookies, and we would eat them as she looked overmy homework. I never felt stupid when she corrected my mistakes, she taught me how to look beyond the errors to find the hidden lesson. Recently I have been trying to decide what job I want to do, and I think I am going to look into becoming a nanny – I want to help a little girl the way my nanny helped me.

look up tolook up to – to admire or respect
She always looked up to her older sister.

look intolook into – to examine or consider carefully
The manager is looking into your complaint.

look down onlook down on – to consider as less good or important than yourself
She looks down on people who have not been to university.

look after – to be sure someone is safe, take care of
His parents are looking after the children for the weekend.

look away (from) – to look in the opposite direction
He mumbled a reply and then looked away from me.

look back – to think about the past
He looked back on his time in England with a sense of nostalgia.

look beyond – to consider, know, imagine something after or greater than
A foolish business man does not look beyond the first year’s profits.

look out for – to take care of, to think about someone’s best interests
Emily’s older brothers always looked out for her.

look over – to inspect or examine
I’d like the doctor to look him over before we leave the hospital.

look through – to read or examine quickly
She looked through her notes before the exam.