LOOK FOR TROUBLE

Meaning of LOOK FOR TROUBLE in English

to behave in a way that is likely to cause an argument, violence, etc. :

Drunken youths hang around outside looking for trouble.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LOOK FOR TROUBLE — v. act or behave in such a manner that will cause you trouble and problems, get oneself into problems, cause …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LOOK FOR TROUBLE — informal behave in a way that is likely to provoke an argument or fight. → trouble
Concise Oxford English vocab
LOOK FOR TROUBLE — вести себя неосторожно, лезть на рожон, напрашиваться на неприятности
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LOOK FOR TROUBLE — вести себя неосторожно, лезть на рожон, напрашиваться на неприятности
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TROUBLE — I. ˈtrəbəl verb ( troubled ; troubled ; troubling -b(ə)liŋ ; troubles ) Etymology: Middle English troublen, troblen, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English looken, loken, from Old English lōcian; akin to Middle Dutch loeken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROUBLE — — troubledly , adv. — troubledness , n. — troubler , n. — troublingly , adv. /trub"euhl/ , v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOK — /look/ , v.i. 1. to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROUBLE — I. ˈtrə-bəl verb ( trou·bled ; trou·bling ˈtrə-b(ə-)liŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French trubler, from Vulgar Latin * turbulare, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lōcian; akin to Old Saxon lōcōn to look Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROUBLE — adj troubled; dark; gloomy. 2. trouble ·vt a fault or interruption in a stratum. 3. trouble ·vt that which gives …
Webster English vocab
LOOK — vt to expect. 2. look ·vt to express or manifest by a look. 3. look ·vt to look at; to …
Webster English vocab
LOOK — [look] vb [ME, fr. OE locian; akin to OS locon to look] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to make sure or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TROUBLE — / ˈtrʌbl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PROBLEM / WORRY 1. [ U , C ] trouble (with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — / lʊk; NAmE / verb , noun , exclamation ■ verb USE EYES 1. [ v ] look (at sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROUBLE — I. troub ‧ le 1 S1 W2 /ˈtrʌb ə l/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ troubled …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOK — I. look 1 S1 W1 /lʊk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: locian ] 1 . SEE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROUBLE — n. & v. --n. 1 difficulty or distress; vexation, affliction (am having trouble with my car). 2 a inconvenience; unpleasant …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TROUBLE — n. & v. n. 1 difficulty or distress; vexation, affliction (am having trouble with my car). 2 a inconvenience; unpleasant …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOK — v., n., & int. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TROUBLE — n. & v. --n. 1. difficulty or distress; vexation, affliction (am having trouble with my car). 2 a inconvenience; unpleasant …
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1. a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND /lʊk/ ( looks, looking, looked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROUBLE — ( troubles, troubling, troubled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You can …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TROUBLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOOK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TROUBLE — (DIFFICULTIES) [noun] - problems or difficultiesThe form was terribly complicated and I had a lot of trouble with it. [U]She …
Cambridge English vocab
LOOK — Synonyms and related words : NB, admire, air, angle, angle for, animadvert, anticipate, appear, appear like, appearance, ask for, aspect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TROUBLE — See: BORROW TROUBLE, GO TO THE TROUBLE or TAKE THE TROUBLE.
Slang English vocab
LOOK — n. look at look upon look into look down look in look out look up side look good looking ill …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TROUBLE — I. noun 1 problems ADJECTIVE ▪ bad , big , deep , desperate ( esp. BrE ), dire , huge …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOOK — I. noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief , cursory , quick ▪ careful , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TROUBLE — See ↑ FAULT 1, ↑ PROBLEM 1,12, ↑ WORRIED/WORRYING 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be asking for trouble • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK — See ↑ EXPRESSION ON SB'S FACE 1, ↑ LOOK 1,9,10, ↑ SEEM 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't look sb in …
Longman Activator English vocab
TROUBLE — n. 25B6; noun you've caused enough trouble already : PROBLEMS, difficulty, bother, inconvenience, worry, anxiety, distress, stress, agitation, harassment, unpleasantness; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK — n. 25B6; verb Mrs Wright looked at him : GLANCE, gaze, stare, gape, peer; peep, peek, take a look; watch, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TROUBLE
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — v. 1 Usually, look at. see, observe, consider, contemplate, regard, view, survey, inspect, scrutinize, study, scan; pay attention, attend, notice, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TROUBLE — See: BORROW TROUBLE, GO TO THE TROUBLE or TAKE THE TROUBLE.
Словарь английских идиом
TROUBLE — noun 1 BAD : I'm sorry to cause you so many troubles. GOOD : I'm sorry to cause you so …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LOOK — I noun BAD : The report takes a close look on meat consumption. GOOD : The report takes a close …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TROUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) а) беспокойство, волнение, тревога to give trouble, to put to trouble ≈ причинять беспокойство (кому-л.) She kept …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOOK — 1. сущ. 1) а) взгляд to have/take a look at ≈ посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to steal a look ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TROUBLE — trouble.ogg 1. ʹtrʌb(ə)l n 1. беспокойство; волнение; тревога his heart was full of trouble - сердце его было полно тревоги …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LOOK — look.ogg 1. lʋk n 1. взгляд kind scornful, angry, vacant look - добрый презрительный, сердитый, отсутствующий взгляд to have /to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TROUBLE — 1) авария 2) нарушение режима 3) неуправка 4) перебой 5) труд 6) хлопоты • remove cause of trouble — устранять причину неисправности trace a trouble to — установить …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LOOK — look сущ.1) а) взгляд to get, have, take a look at — посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to dart, shoot a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TROUBLE — 1. ʹtrʌb(ə)l n 1. беспокойство; волнение; тревога his heart was full of trouble - сердце его было полно тревоги to …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LOOK — 1. lʋk n 1. взгляд kind scornful, angry, vacant look - добрый презрительный, сердитый, отсутствующий взгляд to have /to take, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); fə …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TROUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) а) беспокойство, волнение, тревога to give trouble, to put to trouble — причинять беспокойство ( кому-л. ) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LOOK — 1. сущ. 1) а) взгляд to get, have, take a look at — посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to dart, shoot …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TROUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) а) беспокойство, волнение, тревога to give trouble, to put to trouble — причинять беспокойство (кому-л.) She kept her troubles to herself. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LOOK — 1. сущ. 1) а) взгляд to get, have, take a look at — посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to dart, shoot a look — бросить …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TROUBLE — 1. _n. 1> беспокойство, волнение; тревога; заботы, хлопоты - give trouble - put to trouble 2> затруднение; усилие - take …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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