Verb	1.	look back - look towards one's back; "don't look back while you walk" look backward 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!"
	2.	look back - look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" retrospect, review think back, remember - recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"

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vi → sich umsehen; (fig) → zurückblicken (→ on sth, to sth auf etw acc); he’s never looked back (fig inf) → es ist ständig mit ihm bergauf gegangen

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check back Eurydice leprechaun look look backward Lot Lot's wife nostalgically once Osborne regret regrets remember reminisce respected respects respite retrospect retrospection			And the best time to do this, is to look back upon anger, when the fit is thoroughly over. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context Even to look back at the past is horrible, for it contains sorrow that breaks my very heart at the thought of it. Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context It looks as if they were victims of a conspiracy; for the books they read, ideal by the necessity of selection, and the conversation of their elders, who look back upon the past through a rosy haze of forgetfulness, prepare them for an unreal life. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context			Lonicera xylosteum Loniten Lonk Lons-le-Saunier Lonsdale Belt Lonsdale Kathleen Yardley lontar loo loo mask Loo table Loob Loobily looby Looch Loof loofa loofah look look about look across look after look ahead look around look at look away look back look backward look down look down on look for look forward look forward to look in look into look like look on look out look out for look out on look out over look over look round look sharp look through look to look up look up to look upon look-alike look-in look-out			look around look around look around look around look around for look around for look around some place look around you carefully for information or look as if look as if butter wouldn't melt in mouth look as if butter wouldn't melt in mouth look as if butter wouldn't melt in mouth look as if butter wouldn't melt in mouth look aside look askance at look askance at look at look at look at Look At Agency look at closely look at cross-eyed Look at Me Look At Me Button Look At Me Post Look At Me: Do I Look Like I Give A Flip? Look At Source, Erase Retina :-) Look at the Princess look away look away look back look back at look back at look back at look back at Look Back in Anger look back on look back on look back on look back on look back upon look backward look becoming on someone look Before You Book Look before you leap Look before you leap look behind the scenes Look Behind You look beyond look box look daggers at look daggers at look daggers at Look Down Look Down look down nose at look down on look down on look down on look down upon Look Down/Shoot Down

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