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    Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #89560: 13 ways of seeing
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    13 ways of seeing


     

      13 different ways of looking


     
     to see: to perceive with eyes
                 
     You can see a windmill in the distance.  
     
           .

     to look (at): to turn your eyes towards 
      something
     so that you can see it.

     Look, a falling star!

            Images
         

     to watch: to look attentively,
      for a period time, at some activity or event.
                   (game, television, film...)

      bird-watching: observation des oiseaux

     At the end of the day, after a long walk,
     they sat on a bench and watched the sunset.
     

         

     

     
    to frown: to make an angry expression,
                       moving  your eyebrows together.

     

     He frowned when I told him I didn't believe
     what he had said.
     
              

     
     


     to blink:
    to shut and open your eyes quickly.

     

     

     The young girl blinked as she came out
     into the bright sunlight.
     
          



      to wink: to shut one eye briefly as
             a signal or to show that something
             is a joke.

     

     She winked at me and I knew she was joking.

        




     to glance: to take a quick look at
                         someone or something.

     

     She anxiously glanced around.
     
            
     to glimpse: to see someone or something
                        by chance for a very short time.
     I glimpsed a figure at the door of the
     house.
     
             
     to gape (at sth. / sb.)
                      to look for a long time at
                     something with your mouth open.
     The baby gaped in amazement at the
     illuminated fir tree.
     
           
     to stare: to look fixedly at someone or 
                      something.
     Don't stare at this old lady like that,
     it's not polite.

     

     to peep: to look furtively especially 
                      through small opening.
                      (while trying not to be seen).

        a Peeping Tom (un voyeur)

    Somebody is peeping through the blind!

             
     to peer: to look at something or
      somebody  with difficulty or concentration, 
      especially when you cannot see it clearly.
     With his night vision binoculars Mark
      peered into the darkness.

         
     to squint:
          to look with your eyes partly closed
     He squinted when he looked towards
      the sun.
    .
     
          



                        young bird-watcher

    young bird-watcher




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    3.

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    4.

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    8.

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    9.

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    10.

     John took a bundle of papers from a drawer and  over his glasses at the small print.          










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