I.
noun
1 part of the body
ADJECTIVE
▪ left , right
▪ amber , blue , brown , dark , golden , green , grey/gray , hazel , pale , etc.
▪ big , enormous , huge , large , wide
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She just looked at me with those big blue ~s of hers.
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His ~s were wide with horror.
▪ narrow
▪ close-set , wide-set
▪ deep , deep-set , heavy-lidded , hollow , hooded , sunken
▪ beady , piggy
▪ baggy , puffy , swollen
▪ bleary , bloodshot , exhausted , red , red-rimmed , sleepy , tired , weary
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Her bleary ~s showed that she hadn't slept.
▪ bright , brilliant , glowing , luminous , lustrous , sparkling , starry , twinkling
▪ clear , limpid , liquid
▪ soft , warm
▪ cloudy , misty , moist , rheumy , tear-filled , tearful , teary ( esp. AmE ), watery
▪ dry
▪ sightless , unseeing
▪ half-closed , narrowed
▪ unblinking
▪ dazed , unfocused
▪ mad , staring , wild
▪ angry , cruel , fierce
▪ anxious
▪ greedy , hungry
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The dog's hungry ~s were on my sandwich.
▪ curious , prying
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He drew the curtains to make sure no prying ~s saw what he was doing.
▪ intelligent , keen , sharp , shrewd
▪ penetrating , piercing
▪ intense
▪ cold , dull , expressionless , glassy , glazed , lifeless , steely , vacant
▪ downcast , sad , solemn , soulful
VERB + EYE
▪ open
▪ close , shut
▪ lift , raise
▪ lower
▪ avert
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She averted her ~s from his face.
▪ cast , turn
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I cast my ~s around the room but couldn't see any familiar faces.
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He turned his ~s to the door when he heard the handle turning.
▪ roll
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She rolled her ~s in disgust.
▪ blink
▪ narrow , screw up , squeeze shut
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He screwed up his ~s against the glare of the sun.
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Tina squeezed her ~s shut and bit her lip.
▪ widen
▪ focus
▪ strain
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I didn't want to strain my ~s to read, so I turned on the light.
▪ protect
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Skiers wear goggles to protect their ~s from the sun.
▪ shade , shield
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He held up the newspaper to shield his ~s from the sun.
▪ cover
▪ test
▪ gouge
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She reached up and tried to gouge her attacker's ~s.
▪ rub , wipe
▪ catch
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A movement in the reeds caught my ~ (= attracted my attention) .
▪ look sb in , meet
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She looked her father straight in the ~ and answered his question truthfully.
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He seemed unwilling to meet my ~s.
EYE + VERB
▪ dilate , fly open , grow wide , open , round , shoot open , snap open , widen
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Her ~s dilated with horror at what she had done.
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Her ~s flew open in surprise.
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His ~s rounded in mock amazement.
▪ close , shut
▪ flutter open , flutter shut
▪ stream , water
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My ~s stream when I chop onions.
▪ hold sth
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His ~s held a mischievous gleam.
▪ be alight with sth , blaze , brighten , flare , flash , gleam , glint , glisten , glitter , glow , light up , shine , smoulder/smolder , spark , sparkle , twinkle
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She laughed, her ~s alight with excitement.
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His ~s blazed with menace.
▪ mirror sth , reflect sth
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His ~s reflected his anguish.
▪ blur , brim with tears , cloud , fill with tears , mist , well , well up
▪ darken , dim , dull , glaze , glaze over
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Her ~s glazed over when I said I worked in dictionaries.
▪ harden , soften
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His ~s hardened as he remembered how they had laughed at him.
▪ narrow , sharpen
▪ burn , hurt , prick , prickle , smart , sting
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Her ~s prickled with unshed tears.
▪ be drawn to sb/sth , follow sb/sth , turn to sb/sth
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His ~s were drawn to a bundle of papers in the corner.
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My ~s followed his every move.
▪ fall on sb/sth , land on sb/sth , settle on sb/sth
▪ catch sth
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Her ~ caught mine.
▪ gaze at sb/sth , stare at sb/sth , watch sb/sth
▪ fasten on sb/sth , fix on sb/sth , focus on sb/sth , lock on sb/sth
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She tried to sit up, her ~s fixed on Jean's face.
▪ be fixed on sb/sth , be glued to sb/sth , be intent on sb/sth , be riveted on/to sb/sth , be trained on sb/sth
▪ linger on sb/sth , rest on sb/sth
▪ not leave sb/sth
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His ~s never left mine.
▪ look at sb/sth , peer at sb/sth , regard sb/sth
▪ glare at sb/sth
▪ lock , lock together , meet
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Their ~s locked together in a battle of wills.
▪ dart , flick , flicker , flit , glance , go , leap , move , run , shift , shoot , travel
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His ~s darted from face to face.
▪ roll , swivel
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She tried the door, her ~s rolling in panic.
▪ dance
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Her ~s danced with amusement.
▪ roam , rove
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He let his ~s roam around the scene.
▪ drift , slide , slip , stray , wander
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His ~s drifted over to Helen's chair.
▪ probe sth , rake sth , scan sth , scour sth , search sth , sweep sth
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His ~s scanned the room as he entered.
▪ drop , fall , lower
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Her ~s dropped to her lap as she answered.
▪ lift
▪ bore into sb , pierce sb
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She could feel the old lady's ~s bore into her.
▪ accustom to sth , adjust to sth , become accustomed to sth , grow accustomed to sth
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As my ~s accustomed to the darkness, I could make out a shape by the window.
▪ blink
▪ twitch
▪ crinkle , crinkle up , squint , wrinkle
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His ~s crinkled up at the corners as he smiled.
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Her ~s squinted against the brightness.
▪ strain
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My ~s strained to make anything out in the darkness.
▪ slant
▪ bulge , pop
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His ~s bulged in fury.
▪ betray sb/sth , give sb/sth away , show sth
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His narrow ~s betrayed his impatience.
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She responded softly, her ~s showing concern.
▪ tell (sb) sth
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Her ~s told me nothing.
▪ question (sb)
▪ laugh , smile
▪ plead
▪ mock sb
▪ appraise sb/sth , examine sb/sth , scrutinize sb/sth , study sb/sth , survey sb/sth
▪ take sth in
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My ~s took in every detail as I entered the house for the first time in twenty years.
EYE + NOUN
▪ muscles , socket
▪ contact
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I knew he was lying because he wouldn't make ~ contact with me.
▪ movement
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Rapid ~ movements frequently accompany dreaming.
▪ doctor , specialist , surgeon
▪ hospital
▪ operation , surgery , treatment
▪ exam , examination , test
▪ damage , defect , disease , disorder , infection , injury , strain
▪ drops
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The doctor gave me ~ drops to put in three times a day.
▪ protection
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It is essential to wear some form of ~ protection.
▪ liner (usually eyeliner ) , make-up , shadow (usually eyeshadow )
▪ colour/color
▪ level
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Your computer screen should be at ~ level.
▪ candy ( informal , figurative )
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The series has plenty of ~ candy ( = people that are pleasant to look at ).
PREPOSITION
▪ in your ~s
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There were tears in his ~s as he spoke.
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The sun was in my ~s and I couldn't see the road.
▪ under sb's ~
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I want you under my ~ (= where I can see you) .
PHRASES
▪ as far as the ~ can see
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The tide was out, leaving nothing but mud as far as the ~ could see.
▪ before your very ~s
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Before our very ~s, the bird snatched the fish from the plate and flew off.
▪ can't keep your ~s off sb/sth , can't take your ~s off sb/sth
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He couldn't keep his ~s off the girl sitting opposite him.
▪ roll your ~s heavenward (= to show that you are annoyed or impatient)
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She rolled her ~s heavenward when she saw what her husband was wearing.
▪ a gleam in sb's ~ , a glint in sb's ~ , a twinkle in sb's ~
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He looked at me with a twinkle in his ~.
▪ have an ~ on sb/sth (= be watching)
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The store detective had his ~ on a group of boys who were acting suspiciously.
▪ keep an ~ on sb/sth (= watch)
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Could you keep an ~ on my bag for a moment?
▪ keep an ~ out for sb/sth , keep your ~s open for sb/sth (= watch out for)
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I walked around the store, keeping an ~ out for bargains.
▪ lay ~s on/upon sb/sth , set ~s on/upon sb/sth
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Tom fell in love the moment he laid ~s on her.
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From the moment he set ~s on her he knew that he wanted to marry her.
▪ out of the corner of your ~
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Out of the corner of her ~, she saw Harry start forward.
▪ tears fill sb's ~s
▪ to/with the naked ~ , to/with the unaided ~
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The planet should be visible to the naked ~ (= without a telescope) .
▪ under sb's watchful ~
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A boy was playing outside under the watchful ~ of his mother.
▪ with your own ~s
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If I hadn't seen his jump with my own ~s, I would never have believed it possible.
2 ability to see
ADJECTIVE
▪ eagle , good , keen , quick , sharp
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The children's eagle ~s spotted an ice-cream seller half a mile away.
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A surgeon needs a good ~ and a steady hand.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
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Her skill at working with wood is coupled to a keen ~ for design.
3 way of seeing
ADJECTIVE
▪ careful , cautious , close , suspicious , wary , watchful
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The government is keeping a close ~ on the economy.
▪ critical , stern
▪ jaundiced
▪ fresh , new
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He saw his students with new ~s now that he had a child of his own.
▪ kindly , sympathetic
▪ discerning
▪ experienced , expert , practised/practiced
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To an expert ~, the painting is an obvious fake.
▪ inexperienced , untrained
▪ artistic
PREPOSITION
▪ in sb/sth's ~
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She can do no wrong in his ~s.
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In the ~s of the law his knife was an offensive weapon.
▪ through sb's ~s
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You need to look at your website through the user's ~s.
▪ to sb's ~
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To my ~, the windows seem out of proportion.
▪ with a … ~
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She viewed the findings with a critical ~.
▪ with the ~ of
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He looked at the design with the ~ of an engineer.
PHRASES
▪ in your mind's ~ (= your imagination)
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He pictured the scene in his mind's ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ keenly ( esp. BrE ), narrowly , sharply , shrewdly
▪ curiously , speculatively , thoughtfully
▪ carefully , cautiously , suspiciously , warily
▪ nervously
▪ doubtfully , uncertainly
▪ coldly , coolly
▪ greedily , hungrily
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The children ~d the cakes greedily.