English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
What phrases do you know with 'look'? Learn some here with Beth.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:11.0 | Look! |
| 0:15.0 | If you're in a shop and a member of staff asks if you need any assistance, |
| 0:20.5 | you can say, I'm just looking, to politely |
| 0:23.4 | mean you don't need any help. I'm just looking. I'll let you know if I need anything. You can say, |
| 0:30.7 | look on the bright side to someone if they can only see the negative in a situation, and you want to |
| 0:37.2 | remind them of something |
| 0:38.2 | positive. It's raining but look on the bright side. We can stay home and watch that new |
| 0:44.0 | series now. If you look someone in the eye, you look directly into their eyes with confidence. |
| 0:51.8 | I was so nervous in the interview but I made sure to look the interviewer in the eye. |
| 0:57.1 | And if you're looking for trouble, you behave in a way that will cause you problems. |
| 1:02.2 | You're looking for trouble by handing in only one page of homework. Now, can you use these four phrases? |
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