look up

調べる

本やウェブサイトなどで必要な情報を調べる。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： look something up (I looked the address up before leaving.); look something up in/on something (Look the word up in a dictionary.)

類義語： check, search for

よく使う表現： look up something, look something up

見上げる

上にあるものに目を向ける。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： look up at something (She looked up at the ceiling.)

類義語： raise your eyes

反対語： look down

よく使う表現： look up at something, look up suddenly

好転する

状況がよくなる、またはよくなる見込みが出てくる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： improve, get better

反対語： worsen

よく使う表現： things look up, look up again

訪ねる、再び連絡する

昔の知り合いに連絡したり、近くに来た機会などに訪ねたりする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： look someone up (Look me up if you’re ever in Berlin.)

類義語： visit, get in touch with

よく使う表現： look up someone, look someone up