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Verb1.look at - take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
contemplate - consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
trifle, dally, play - consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
think about - have on one's mind, think about actively; "I'm thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first"
abstract - consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"
warm to - become excited about; "He warmed to the idea of a trip to Antarctica"
2.look at - look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem"
analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
contemplate - look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel"
groak - look or stare at longingly; "The dog his master who was eating a sausage"
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vi +prep obj
(= observe) person, objectansehen, anschauen (dial), → angucken (inf); just look at him!sieh etc dir den mal an!; look at the time, I’d better go!so spät ist es schon, ich muss los!; he looked at his watcher sah etc auf die Uhr; look at the blackboardschau(t) an or auf die Tafel; don’t look directly at the sunsehen etc Sie nicht direkt in die Sonne; I can’t look at him without feeling …wenn ich ihn ansehe etc, habe ich immer das Gefühl, dass …; he/it isn’t much to look at (= not attractive)er/es sieht nicht besonders (gut) aus; (= nothing special)er/es sieht nach nichts aus; to look at him …wenn man ihn sieht
(= examine)sich (dat)ansehen or -schauen (dial)or -gucken (inf); offerprüfen; we’ll have to look at the financial aspectwir müssen die finanzielle Seite betrachten; has the manuscript been looked at yet?ist das Manuskript schon durchgesehen worden?
(= view)betrachten, sehen; they look at life in a different waysie haben eine andere Einstellung zum Leben, sie sehen das Leben von einer anderen Warte aus
(= consider) possibilitiessich (dat)überlegen; suggestions, offerin Betracht ziehen

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observed Amy, with a reproving look at the long figure stretched on the rug.
Tom Swift, who had been slowly looking through the pages of a magazine, in the contents of which he seemed to be deeply interested, turned the final folio, ruffled the sheets back again to look at a certain map and drawing, and then, slapping the book down on a table before him, with a noise not unlike that of a shot, exclaimed:
The windows of the house in which he lived were high and he wanted to look at the trees when he awoke in the morning.
 
 
 
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