1. look up 往上看 She looked up from her book after a while. 查阅 Could you help to look up the time of the train for me? You can look up the word in the dictionary.

2. look after 照顾 look after 照顾 look for 寻找 look for 寻找 look forward to 期望 look forward to 期望 look into ①朝 …… 里看；②调查 look into ①朝 …… 里看；②调查 look on 旁观 look on 旁观 look on/ upon … as 把 … 看作 look on/ upon … as 把 … 看作 look over 查看 look over 查看 look out 小心 look out 小心 look through ①浏览 look through ①浏览 ②识破 ②识破 l look happy/sad

3. Debbie and Simon looked up as a well- dressed lady entered. as conj. 当 … 时；在 … 同时，引导时间状 语从句； 我们到电影院时电影刚刚开始。 The film started as we reached the cinema.

4. greet: v. greet sb. (with sth.) 用微笑 / 吻来迎接 / 招呼某人 greet sb with a smile/ kiss greeting n. 问候；招呼

5. Mr. Young, a senior employee, was standing there. a senior employee 是同位语 ; George Washington, the first president of the USA, was born in 1732.

6. What’s up? =What’s the matter? =What’s the trouble? =What’s wrong? What has happened?

7. way the way (that/in which) you do … I don’t like the way that you talk to your mother. the way of doing …/ the way to do … Some like the older ways of doing things. 有些人喜欢那些处理事务的原有的老办法。 Can you suggest a good way for us to solve the problem? 能不能给我们建议一个好办法让我们解决问题？

8. chancen. 1) 偶然； I met him by chance. 我偶然遇到了他。 2) 可能性 3) 机会 the chance to do/ of doing I haven't had a chance to read my letter. 我还 没有机会看我的信呢。 a golden chance

9. more than 1) over My grandmother is more than 80 years old. 2) not only Mr. Wang is more than a teacher. He is also our good friend. The book store is more than a place of business. It is also a place of relaxation. 3) very, extremely I am more than happy to take you here in my car.

10. no more than = only ①只有（强调少）② 同 …… 一样不 His school education added up to no more than one year. This book is no more interesting than that one. not more than = at most ①至多，不超过， （强调客观情况）②不比 …… 更 The number of the high-rises in this area is not more than 10. This book is not more interesting than that one.

11. hold up 1) 举起, 支撑 a. Now hold your head up. b. Don’t move and hold your hands up. 2) 阻止, 使 … 停顿 a. The traffic was held up by an accident. b. The heavy rain held the flight up for two hours.

12. make them feel welcome make sb do sth What made her change her mind? make sb/sth done When you speak English, be sure to make yourself understood. make me happy make the matter even worse make it a rule to do … make him our monitor of our class

13. improve If you want to communicate with those foreign friends, you need to improve you spoken English. Improve the quality of your products and things will get better. improvement n. make an improvement in sth. We all hope for an improvement in the weather.

14. seem  seem to be She seems to be tired now. Mary seems to be a nice girl.  seem to do The child seems to want some food.

15. seem seem to have done He seems to have made a big mistake. It seems that 从句 It seems that no one knows what has happened to him. = No one seems to know what has happened to him.

16. without hesitation without (the slightest) hesitation 毫不犹豫 / with hesitation 犹豫的 The young man jumped into the river without hesitation. 这年轻人毫不犹豫地跳进了河。 The boy answered the teacher’s question without hesitation. There’s no room for hesitation, so you have to make an immediate decision. hesitate v. 犹豫；踌躇

17. remark She remarked how tired I was looking at that time. remark about sth. = talk about sth. remark on/upon the subject 对此题目进行 评论 rude remarks 粗鲁的话 Such unkind remark was not called for. 这 种不客气的话真不该讲. The judges remarked upon/on the high standard of entries for the competition.