“the look”

The following 2 entries include the term the look.

from the look of things

idiom

: judging by the way something looks or by circumstances relating to something

not like the look of

idiom

used to mean that one thinks that the way something appears suggests something bad or unpleasant


Challenging Standardized Test Words, Vol. 2

  • a pencil broken in half on top of a test answer sheet
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