look up

chercher, consulter

Chercher un renseignement dans un livre, sur un site ou dans une autre source.

En anglais simple : To find information by checking a book, website, or other source.

• Look up the new word.
• I looked her phone number up online.
• Have you looked up the opening times?

Comment l'utiliser : look something up (I looked the address up before leaving.); look something up in/on something (Look the word up in a dictionary.)

Synonymes : check, search for

Expressions courantes : look up something, look something up

regarder en haut, lever les yeux

Diriger les yeux vers quelque chose situé plus haut.

En anglais simple : To turn your eyes toward something above you.

• Look up at the birds.
• He looked up when he heard his name.
• I was looking up at the sky.

Comment l'utiliser : look up at something (She looked up at the ceiling.)

Synonymes : raise your eyes

Contraires : look down

Expressions courantes : look up at something, look up suddenly

s’améliorer

Se dit d’une situation qui devient meilleure ou semble devoir bien évoluer.

En anglais simple : If things do this, they become better or seem more likely to go well.

• Things are starting to look up.
• Business looked up after we moved to a larger shop.
• With three new customers, our prospects are looking up.

Synonymes : improve, get better

Contraires : worsen

Expressions courantes : things look up, look up again

reprendre contact avec, rendre visite à

Recontacter ou visiter une ancienne connaissance, surtout quand on passe près de chez elle.

En anglais simple : To contact or visit someone you knew before, especially when you are near their home.

• Look me up when you visit.
• I looked up an old friend while in London.
• She plans to look her former teacher up next summer.

Comment l'utiliser : look someone up (Look me up if you’re ever in Berlin.)

Synonymes : visit, get in touch with

Expressions courantes : look up someone, look someone up