phrasal verb · informal
look across
UK/lʊk əˈkrɒs/US/lʊk əˈkrɔs/LOOK·a·CROSS
speakingtask1
to glance or gaze to the other side of something; or to notice something similar in another place or context
Examples
“She looked across the river at the lights of the town.”
“When reading about education in one country, I often look across to similar cases abroad.”
“From my window I can look across the park.”
Band 8 sentence
“From the conference room you can look across the harbour and see the city skyline clearly.”
Collocations
- look across the street/river/park
- look across to similar examples
Word family
look across phrasal verbacross preposition / adverb
Common mistakes
look across at→look across
look across to someone = look towards someone→look across
Say it for a higher band
5see→6look at→7+look across
Synonyms
gaze across
look over
Easily confused
look over
“She looked over the report before the meeting.”
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