look away
look away · looks away · looked away · looking away
wegschauen, wegsehen, wegblicken
To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid…To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something.
» She looked away.
Вона відвела погляд.
Meaning
1 sensesTo ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something.
It's important not to look away from difficult situations like this.
wegsehen, wegschauen, wegblicken
More definitions
- avert one's gaze
Examples
102 sentencesShe looked away.
Вона відвела погляд. — deniko
They looked away.
Вони відвернулися. — deniko
Tom didn't look away from Mary.
Tom never looked away from Mary.
Tom looked away for a moment.
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
ignore something; to pretend not to see:
Forms
looks away, looking away, looked away, looked away| Base form | look away · to look away |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | looks away |
| Present participle | looking away |
| Past simple | looked away |
| Past participle | looked away |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- look upшукати, обшукатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up.
- look outвиглядати, виглянутиTo be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
- look onспостерігати, дивитисяTo watch; to observe without participating.
- look backзапам'ятати, пам'ятатиTo think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).
- look overпереглянути, переглядатиTo check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.
- look afterдоглядати, дбатиTo follow with the eyes; to look in the direction of (someone or something departing).
- look forшукати, пошукатиTo seek.
- look intoперевірити, перевірятиTo investigate, explore, or consider.
More 8
- look aroundозирнутися, озиратисяTo inspect a building or area.
- look toшукати, пошукатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, to.
- look offTo put off by one's facial expression
- look downUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, down.
- look awayTo ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something.
- look throughUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, through.
- look roundTo inspect a building or area.
- look aheadTo consider the future, to anticipate future events.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb