[General] To gaze up

[The French]

Hi all,

I am reading an Ottawa's newspaper in which two words stuck me about the meaning of the sentence.

See belong :

"Thick grey smoke billowed over surrounding streets, where dozens of area residents braved the cold to gaze up and take photos".

I know it is easy for native English but for me this little word like 'up' after gaze always blurred my understanding. Nonetheless I would like to know what means these two words together.

Thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hi all,

I am reading an Ottawa's newspaper in which two words stuck me about the meaning of the sentence.

See belong :

"Thick grey smoke billowed over surrounding streets, where dozens of area residents braved the cold to gaze up and take photos".

I know it is easy for native English but for me this little word like 'up' after gaze always blurred my understanding. Nonetheless I would like to know what means these two words together.

Thanks.

"To gaze" means "to look", "to gaze up" means "to look upwards", at the sky for example.

 

[The French]

"To gaze" means "to look", "to gaze up" means "to look upwards", at the sky for example.

Hello teacher,

thanks for your answer. I read often English or American newspaper and I'd like to know if it is natural for English always to write a particule like 'up' 'down' or another with verbs to show a direction about an action.

Hope you understand what I try to ask you.

Thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hello teacher,

thanks for your answer. I read often English or American newspaper and I'd like to know if it is natural for English always to write a particule like 'up' 'down' or another with verbs to show a direction about an action.

Hope you understand what I try to ask you.

Thanks.

Yes, that's right but sometimes a verb can be followed by a preposition of direction and the resulting "phrasal verb" means something else entirely, "to look up a word in a dictionary" for example, has nothing to do with direction.

 

[The French]

Yes, that's right but sometimes a verb can be followed by a preposition of direction and the resulting "phrasal verb" means something else entirely, "to look up a word in a dictionary" for example, has nothing to do with direction.

Hi,

I reckon I must learn a lot of those phrasals verbs to understand the subtleties of English. I am not going to relinquish maybe give up it's better.

A have a break, I am going to lunch perhaps the word souper is better because it is to early for souper.;-)