look through

look through

vb

1. (intr, preposition or tr, adverb) to examine, esp cursorily he looked through his notes before the lecture

2. (intr, preposition) to ignore (a person) deliberately whenever he meets his ex-girlfriend, she looks straight through him

Translations

? look through

vi → durchsehen or -schauen (dial) → or -gucken (inf) → (prep obj durch); he stopped at the window and looked through → er blieb am Fenster stehen und sah etc hinein/herein; he looked through the window → er sah etc zum Fenster hinein/herein/hinaus/heraus; to look straight through somebody → durch jdn hindurchgucken

vt sep (= examine) → durchsehen; (= read) → durchlesen