look away

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Verb

look away - avert one's gaze; "She looked away when the nurse pricked her arm with the needle"

look - perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"

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? look away

(person) → wegsehen

the house looks away from the sea → das Haus liegt vom Meer abgewendet

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The creator wished to look away from himself,--thereupon he created the world.

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context

I was obliged to look away from him--or I should have lost my self-control.

The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context

She felt unable even to say "no," but could only look away from him and wipe the tears from her cheek.

Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context

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