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Post  Vincent Law Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:50 am

13 DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING
to see: to perceive with eyes
Ex: You can see a windmill in the distance.
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to look (at): to turn your eyes towards something so that you can see it.
Ex: Look, a falling star!

to watch: to look attentively, for a period time, at some activity or event (game, television, film...).
Ex: bird-watching
Ex:At the end of the day, after a long walk, they sat on a bench and watched the sunset.


to frown: to make an angry expression, moving your eyebrows together.
Ex: He frowned when I told him I didn't believe what he had said.

to blink: to shut and open your eyes quickly.
Ex: The young girl blinked as she came out into the bright sunlight.

to wink: to shut one eye briefly as a signal or to show that something is a joke.
Ex: She winked at me and I knew she was joking.

to glance: to take a quick look at someone or something.
Ex: She anxiously glanced around.

to glimpse: to see someone or something by chance for a very short time.
Ex: I glimpsed a figure at the door of the house.

to gape (at sth. / sb.): to look for a long time at something with your mouth open.
Ex: The baby gaped in amazement at the illuminated fir tree.

to stare: to look fixely at someone or something.
Ex: Don't stare at this old lady like that, it's not polite.

to peep: to look furtively especially through small opening (while trying not to be seen).
Ex: a Peeping Tom (un voyeur)
Ex: Somebody is peeping through the blind!


to peer: to look at something or somebody with difficulty or concentration, especially when you cannot see it clearly.
Ex: With his night vision binoculars Markpeered into the darkness.

to squint: to look with your eyes partly closed
Ex: He squinted when he looked towards the sun..

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