look out

気をつける、注意する

危険や起こりそうな問題に気づけるよう、注意する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： look out for someone/something (Look out for cyclists when you open the car door.)

類義語： watch out, be careful, beware

よく使う表現： look out for cars, look out below

外を見る

建物などの中から、外へ目を向ける。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： look out of something (She looked out of the window.); look out through something (He looked out through the open door.)

類義語： look outside

よく使う表現： look out the window, look out through something

面する、見渡せる

部屋や窓が、ある場所や景色の方を向いている。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： look out on/onto something (The bedroom looks out onto a small garden.); look out over something (Our windows look out over the valley.)

類義語： overlook, face

よく使う表現： look out on something, look out over something

探し出す

主に自分の持ち物の中から、何かを探して見つける。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： look out something / look something out (I will look those papers out for you.)

類義語： find, dig out, hunt out

よく使う表現： look out something, look out old photographs