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杨浩鑫
"I just stood there, looking down at him."
Is" looking down at" a phrase? Or is "looking down" a phrase?
Thank you very much .😃
I'm sorry for my stupid question.
2021년 9월 3일 오후 3:03
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2021년 9월 3일
The verb “look at” is a phrase and always needs “at” before the object. In your example, “down” is used to show the direction — apparently “he” is in a lower position than the speaker. Here, “down” has its literal meaning.
On the other hand, we could saying “looking down on him”, where “to look down on someone” means to regard someone as inferior (i.e., not as good).
2021년 9월 3일
Depends on the whole sentence, here you can have two phrases, either "looking down at" or "looking down at him" so yeah
2021년 9월 3일
You are correct.. looking down at him was correctly used.
Practice makes perfect, your question is not stupid. 👏
2021년 9월 3일
Totally agree with the other two answers, just wanted to say - there are never any stupid questions!!
2021년 9월 3일
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