vOCABULARY 3rd week

1.     Go off: if a warning device goes off, it starts to ring loudly. II. Stop working2.     Catch up with/on sth: catch up on the latest news, 3.     Win sb over/round: to persuade someone to support you or agree with you, often when they were opposed to you befire4.     Loosen up: to start to feel less embarrassed and to become more relax when you are with other people, or to make sb feel like this5.     Knock sb up: make pregnant (slang)6.     Drop sb/sth off: to take someone or something to a particular place, usually by car, as you travel to a different place7.     Hold off: to wait8.     Get off: leave a place /Get off on sth: to fnd something exciting, especially in a sexual way9.     Rip sb off: to cheat someone by making them pay too much money for something Bob's tickets cost much less than ours - I think we've been ripped off.10.  Kick sth off: a discussion or activity11.  Stumble acroos/on/upon sth/sb: to discover something by chance, or to meet someone by chance12.  Miss out on sth: to fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or benefit from something13.  Talk sb out of sth: to persuade someone not to do something14.  Egg sb on: to encourage someone to do something which might not be a very good idea. Inciter 15.  Hear sb out: to listen to someone until they have said everything they want to say16.  Feel sb up: manosear. to touch someone sexually, especially someone you do not know, for your own excitement17.  Throw sb over: To finish a relationship with someone and star another with someone else 18.  Keep tabs on sb/sth: to observe carefully19.  look: give attention to what one is seeing; turn the eyes and see in a certain direction.Look at that cute baby! 20.  see: use the power of sight.See! Here she comes!

1. watch: look at some activity or event; keep one's eyes fixed on something.The boys watched television all the afternoon.
2. gaze: look at something for a long time, in surprise or admiration.She gazed at him in disbelief when he told her the news.
3. stare: look at something for a long time with the eyes wide open.She was staring into space.
4. gawk = gawp: stare impolitely.Many people gathered to gawp at the crashed car.
5. gape: look at something with one's mouth open.She gaped at him in surprise.
6. glance: have a quick look at something.She glanced at her watch.
7. scan: look quickly at something without careful reading.He scanned the newspaper over breakfast.
8. glare: stare angrily or fiercely.She didn't answered, but just glared silently at me.
9. peer: look very carefully, as if not able to see well.He peered at me over his spectacles.
10. peep: look quickly and cautiously.He was caught peeping through the keyhole.
11. observe: watch carefully.The police observed the man entering the bank.
12. glimpse: have a passing view of something or someone. Usually used in the expression to catch a glimpse of.He could catch a glimpse of the president among the crowd.
13. spot: recognize someone suddenly among many others.He was spotted by the police boarding a plane for Berlin.
14. behold: old use of the verb to see.Behold the king!
15. view: (technical) look thouroughly; regard, consider.That film hasn't been viewed by the censor yet.
16. sight: see for the first time.The men in the ship finally sighted land.
17. leer: look in an unpleasant way, suggesting ill will or lust.The man leered at the young girl.
18. blink: shut and open the eyes quickly.How long can you stare without blinking?
19. wink: close one eye briefly, as a signal to somebody.He winked at me to show that he was just joking.
20. frown: look in a worried or angry way, moving down the eyebrows together.He read the telegram, frowning at its contents.
21. scowl: frown angrily.She was very angry and scowled at him while she talked.
22. squint: look with eyes half shut or turned sideways, or through a narrow opening.She squinted through the letter-box and saw an envelope.
23. peek: look quickly and secretively.She found her brother peeking at her diary.
24. ogle: look or stare (at a woman) suggesting sexual interest.Most women hate being ogled at.
25. goggle: look with the eyes wide open in surprise or shock. (old-fashioned)People were goggling at her as if she were from another planet.
26. eyeball: look directly or closely.Francis eyeballed a beautiful woman at the party.
27. take a gander at something: (informal) look at something.
28. cast an eye on/over something: look at something, examine something.
29. browse: look through the pages of a book or magazine; look at the goods in a shop without really wanting to buy anything.Sheila spent all the afternoon browsing the boutiques.
30. scrutinize: examine thoroughly and carefully.John scrutinized the painting at the museum.