1. His uncle ————- him.

a) looks after
b) looks at
c) looks for
d) looks up

2. He ————- upon his poor cousins.
a) looks up
b) looks down
c) looks after
d) looks into

To a fault
If someone does something to a fault, they do it excessively.

He is generous to a fault. (= He is too generous. He is so generous that his generosity is a fault.)

Eat humble pie (apologize humbly)

I think I am right, but if I am wrong, I am ready to eat humble pie.

Meet something half way

Put about (change direction or cause to change direction)

Put across (state clearly)

She failed to put her views across during the hearing.

Put away (discard, consume food or drink, kill (informal)

See is the ordinary verb to say that something ‘comes to our eyes’. It doesn’t necessarily mean that we are paying attention.

I saw Joe yesterday.
Suddenly I saw something strange.

Surely does not mean the same as certainly.
Surely is used to say that the speaker believes something in spite of reasons to believe the opposite.
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Discourse markers are words and expressions used to show how discourse is constructed. There are a large number of discourse markers. Here are a few of the most common among them.