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Unit.

Look after.
To attend to or take care of.
 She works look after children.
 You should look after yourself.

Look for.
to search for.
 I’ve been looking for that book everywhere.
 She looks for her dress.

Look forward to.


To wait with pleasure for. To anticipate.
 He is looking forward to the trip.
 I’m looking forward to go for your house.
Look into.
To inspect or investigate closely.
 The police look into the scene.
 The manager will look into this case.

Look through.
To read or study quickly.
 He looks through that magazine.
 You look through my book.

Look up.
To search for in a book of reference. To find a word in a dictionary or a phone number in a
directory.
To pay a visit to.
 She looks uo this word in your dictionary.
 I looked up several old friends.
Sniff out.
To discover or detect (by using the sense of smell).
 The dog sniff out evidence.
 The police used dogs to sniff out the explosives.

Track down.
To pursue or search for (someone or something) until it is caught orfound.
 I managed to track down an old copy of the book.
 You need his name to track down the dog.

Turn down.
To say ’no’ to; to refuse.
 He turned down her offer.
 You should turn down that job.
Unit. 2

Break down.
To stop working properly
To be overcome with emotion
 She broke down and wept.
 The car breaked down in last trip.

Break in.
An occasion when a building is entered illegally by a criminal orcriminals, usually by
damaging a window or door, especially in order tosteal something.
To get into a building or car using force, usually to stealsomething.
 Someone broke into the office and stole some computers.
 She breaks into the bank.

Break up
to stop having a relationship
 He just broke up with his girlfriend.
 You must break up with her.

Bring forward.
To make to happen at an earlier date; to advance in time.
To introduce or present an argument or proposal for consideration.
 They have brought forward the date of their wedding by one week.
 I bring forward play tennis in my classrom.

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