look after = take care of: ‘Who will look after you if you are ill?’ look for = try to find: ‘I wasted half the morning looking for my keys.’ look forward to 1
I’m
looking forward the day I can go home.
I’m looking forward to the day I can go home. He said he was looking forward for his holidays.
He said he was looking forward to his holidays. look forward to sth (WITH to ): ‘We’ve only just come back from holiday but we’re already looking forward to the next one.’ 2
I’m looking forward to hear from you.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you. look forward to doing sth: ‘Simon is looking forward to having his own office again.’ look into Have you looked into your pocket?
Have you looked in your pocket? I decided to look into the telephone directory.
I decided to look in the telephone directory. look in a book, container or room to find something or someone (NOT into ): ‘I looked in the drawer but it wasn’t there.’ ‘Go and look in the bedroom.’ Compare: ‘The police are looking into the matter.’ (= are investigating) look like 1
The two younger children looked like tired.
The two younger children looked tired. The job was not as easy as it looked like.
The job was not as easy as it looked. look like + noun phrase: ‘She looks a bit like my sister.’ look + adjective (WITHOUT like ): ‘The man looked very suspicious.’ ‘His wife looks much happier these day.’
