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English Grammar through StoriesBog'liq English Grammar through Stories - Boston Academy of English ( PDFDrive )
English Grammar through Stories
by Alan Townend
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Phrasal verb look or «Look out!»
This story contains a lot of combinations with the phrasal verb
look
.
Do you know the meaning of all of them? Read the story and then
look at the explanations below to check your knowledge.
«Look Out!»
If you happen to report to the authorities you've seen a U.F.O
(Unidentified Flying Object), very often you are
looked on
as if you're
someone who needs
looking after
. In other words they don't believe
you. People are usually reluctant to believe the extraordinary. You
happen to have a room in a hotel
looking on to
the lake in Scotland
where there's supposed to be a monster and you're just
looking out
of
the window and there is the monster. You're
looking at
it now. You
point at it and tell everyone to
look out of
the window because
you've seen it. What do they do? They
look away
. They've heard it all
before. I suppose it's not surprising because whenever you
look at
photographs of so-called monsters and beasts, they're never very
clear. People sometimes
look into
the matter but there never seems
to be any proof. Whenever I read in the newspaper about someone
who has allegedly had a mystical or strange encounter with a person
or thing and is
looking for
support or is
looking forward to
finding
someone who will accept their story, I
look back
to a time some
years ago when something similar happened to me.
At the time I was living in a house which had a small alley at the
side. When you walked down the path you passed a window in the
house next door and you tried to
look ahead
of you to avoid
looking
through
the window and seeing what was going on. This house had
been empty for some time but now seemed to be occupied. One
night as the light was on in the room I couldn't resist
looking through
the window and saw a very short woman waving at me. She opened
the window, introduced herself and invited me to
look in on
her one
day soon. I
looked
her
up
and
down
because she seemed so small
and spoke in a strange cracked voice. I forgot all about the invitation
when one morning in the high street I noticed a woman seeming to
come towards me. I took no notice because I assumed she was
about to speak to the person next to me. I obviously didn't know
her. To my surprise she addressed her remarks to me: «'I've been
looking out for
you. You
looked
right through me as though I wasn't
there.» Several shoppers round about
looked on
wondering what was
happening. «We spoke through the window — I'm from next door.» I
apologized, agreed to come round the following afternoon and said I
was
looking forward to
meeting the rest of the family. I
looked round
to take a closer
look at
the woman but there was no sign of her. The
reason why I wanted to
look
her
over
again was that she seemed to
be twice the height. The face was the same and the voice. My
imagination was telling me that possibly she was a witch.
Although I was a little apprehensive about the visit, I had agreed to
look her up
and duly called the next day. As I
looked about
the hall, I
noticed signs of the zodiac cut into the floor and a large broom
leaning in the corner. «The rest of the family» I had referred to in
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