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Work on your Phrasal Verbs 
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UNIT 17
look at
E If you look at something or someone, you turn your eyes towards them.
Everyone turned to look at the painting.
E If you look at something, you quickly read it or read parts of it.
I've looked at your essay and I think it's very good.
I NOTE I You can also use look through.
El If you look at a subject, problem, or situation, you consider or study it.
His research looked at the way language is acquired.
look up
E If you look up, you raise your eyes.
She did not even look up from her work when he came in.
E If you look something up, you find a piece of information by looking at something such as a book or website. 
He used a dictionary to look up the word 'apotheosis'.
Nowadays you can look almost anything up on the Internet.
miss out
If you miss out something or someone, you fail to include them in something. [BRITISH]
The brochure had missed out the fact that the hotel was right by a busy road.
He missed some important details out of his report.
I NOTE I You can also use leave out. [mainly AMERICAN]
mix up
If you mix things or people up, you are confused about which one is which.
I think you're mixing up the American Civil War with the English Civil War.
Do you have a tendency to mix the digits up when trying to remember numbers?
opt for
If you opt for a particular thing, you decide to do or have that thing.
Unsure what to study at university, she eventually opted for Law.
relate to
If something relates to a particular subject, it is about that subject or is connected with it.
I wanted to ask you a question that relates to electricity.
run through
If you run through something, you explain it or read it quickly, in order to practise it, check it or make sure 
that people understand it.
Some of you won't know this so I'll just briefly run through it.