Phrases & Expressions

To move your eyes to see something below you.

• Don't look down when you are climbing the ladder.
• He looked down at his feet.

To try to find something or someone that is lost or hidden.

• I am looking for my keys.
• She looked for her cat everywhere.

To become thinner.

• I want to lose weight.
• He's lost a lot of weight.

To do something wrong or incorrectly.

• Everyone can make a mistake.
• I made a big mistake on the test.

To arrange a time to meet someone.

• I need to make a doctor's appointment.
• Have you made an appointment?

To prepare breakfast.

• I make breakfast every morning.
• He made me breakfast in bed.

To earn money.

• He makes a lot of money in his job.
• How do you make money online?

To feel sad because someone isn't with you.

• I miss you so much.
• She misses her family.

Increasing in quantity, degree, or frequency.

• More and more people are working from home.
• It's getting more and more difficult.

Nearly always; in the greater share of cases.

• Most of the time, he's late.
• Most of the time, I work from home.