Look for

Look for (sth/sb) : Try to find

• Inseparable 

• Examples in context:

• You don’t know where you are, and you have no idea how to find what you’re looking for,” he says. 
• For example, they look for people with similar backgrounds and from similar regions to those of all the voters.
• Granny and Rosie were looking for something to do.
• While the majority of Europeans come to Spain looking for “paradise” and a better quality of life, others, such as immigrants from Central America, Asia, and Africa come needing either to find a job and an escape from poverty, or to avoid political or religious persecution.
• When the tutor said Mary would have to look for professional help or leave the course, she went to see the university counsellor.
• Some thought that the ghost must be travelling the roads at night looking for its head.  
• I have clients who abstain from school or their part-time jobs to look for their phones when they cannot find them in the morning.
• It's a good time to visit Spain if you're looking for a cheap holiday (...).

Buscar algo o a alguien


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Turn on

Turn (sth) on : switch on

• Separable (optional)

• Examples in context:

• Consequently, we have a generation of students who never heard of Odysseus or turned on the switch in Victor Frankenstein's laboratory.
• Although the Human Genome Project was completed more than five years ago (...) scientists don’t still understand their biological functions and have little idea about which genes are used to make the brain and where in the brain they are “expressed” or “turned on”.

Poner, conectar (radio, TV, aparato); encender (luces); abrir (grifos)

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