look out

faire attention, prendre garde

Faire attention pour repérer un danger ou un problème éventuel.

En anglais simple : To pay attention so you notice danger or possible problems.

• Look out! A car is coming.
• We looked out for loose rocks on the path.
• Look out for thieves in crowded places.

Comment l'utiliser : look out for someone/something (Look out for cyclists when you open the car door.)

Synonymes : watch out, be careful, beware

Expressions courantes : look out for cars, look out below

regarder dehors

Diriger son regard depuis l’intérieur d’un lieu vers l’extérieur.

En anglais simple : To direct your eyes from inside a place towards what is outside.

• Look out of the window.
• He looked out through the door at the rain.
• The children were looking out as the train crossed the bridge.

Comment l'utiliser : look out of something (She looked out of the window.); look out through something (He looked out through the open door.)

Synonymes : look outside

Expressions courantes : look out the window, look out through something

donner sur

Pour une pièce ou une fenêtre, être orientée vers un lieu ou un paysage particulier.

En anglais simple : If a room or window does this, it faces a particular place or view.

• Our room looks out on the sea.
• The kitchen windows looked out onto a busy road.
• Does the balcony look out over the mountains?

Comment l'utiliser : look out on/onto something (The bedroom looks out onto a small garden.); look out over something (Our windows look out over the valley.)

Synonymes : overlook, face

Expressions courantes : look out on something, look out over something

chercher, retrouver

Chercher quelque chose et le retrouver, généralement parmi ses affaires.

En anglais simple : To search for something and find it, usually among your possessions.

• I will look out some blankets.
• She looked out her old school photographs for us.
• Could you look the receipt out before tomorrow?

Comment l'utiliser : look out something / look something out (I will look those papers out for you.)

Synonymes : find, dig out, hunt out

Expressions courantes : look out something, look out old photographs