2025-09-10
11 分钟Hi there,
this is Harry and welcome to my podcast where I try to help you to improve your knowledge of the English language so you can have better conversations both in a personal capacity and perhaps in business.
So I help you through the use of idioms, phrasal verbs, all sorts of expressions.
So what do I have for you in this podcast?
Well, in this particular podcast, we're going to look at expressions using the word look.
to look, okay, L-O-O-K, to look.
So as always, I'll give you the expression, I'll give you the meaning, and I'll give you an example.
Okay, let's start.
To have a look, okay, so to have a look means you promise somebody to cast your eye over something,
to read a document, to see what the problem is, for example.
your wife says off the washing machine isn't working the spin isn't going around and I need to watch the clothes so he said don't worry I'll have a look meaning you will investigate it you might be able to fix it
if you like me you probably won't be able to fix it but I will have a look and see okay here's a document that I prepared for the meeting tomorrow yet just leave it on my desk I will have a look later.
I will have a look later.
Okay, so to have a look means to examine, to read, to investigate,
to see what a problem is, just to help somebody, to help them out, to have a look.
Look through.
Well, look through indicates and suggests a little bit more focus and a little bit more detail.
leave the document on my desk and I will look through it.
Meaning I will read it.
You might not read it page by page but you will scan it or read through some important parts just to make sure that everything is the way you want it or that nothing important has been left out or that something unimportant has been put in.