Inglés sin barreras: look

mardi 6 mai 2014

Notes on usage: Look 2

Glance - Gaze - Stare - Glimpse - Glare

These are all words for an act of looking, when you turn your eyes in a particular direction.

Look an act of looking at sb/sth: Here, have a look at this.
Glance a quick look: She stole a glance at her watch.
Gaze a long steady look at sb/sth: She felt embarrassed under his steady gaze.
Stare a long look at sb/sth, especially in a way that is unfriendly or that shows surprise: She gave the officer a blank stare and shrugged her shoulders.
Glimpse a look at sb/sth for a very short time, when you do not see the person or thing completely: He caught a glimpse of her in the crowd.
Glare a long angry look at sb/sth: She fixed her questioner with a hostile glare.

PATTERNS
*a look/glance at sb/sth
*a penetrating/piercing look/glance/gaze/stare
*a long look/glance/stare
*a brief look/glance/glimpse
*to have/get/take a look/glance/glimpse
*to avoid sb’s glance/gaze/stare

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Notes on usage: Look

Watch - See - View - Observe

These words all mean to turn your eyes in a particular direction.

Look to turn your eyes in a particular direction: If you look carefully you can just see our house from here. | She looked at me and smiled.
Watch to look at sb/sth for a time, paying attention to what happens: To watch television. | Watch what I do, then you try.
See to watch a game, television programme, performance, etc.: In the evening we went to see a movie.
View (formal) to look at sth, especially when you look carefully; to watch television, a film/movie, etc.: People came from all over the world to view her work.
Observe (formal) to watch sb/sth carefully, especially to learn more about them or it: The patients were observed over a period of several months.

WATCH, SEE OR VIEW?
You can see/view a film/movie/programme but you cannot: see/view television. View is more formal than see and is used especially in business contexts.

PATTERNS
*to look/watch for sb/sth
*to watch/observe what/who/how...
*to look/watch/view/observe (sb/sth) with amazement/ surprise/disapproval, etc.
*to watch/see/view a fllm/movie/show/programme
*to watch/see a match/game/fight
*to look (at sb/sth)/watch (sb/sth)/observe sb/sth carefully/closely