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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General English Vocabulary &amp; Idiom Questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htm</link><description>Help with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learnt</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3598.39794)</generator><item><title>Re: Take a peek or take a peak?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TakeAPeekOrTakeAPeak/bzhjd/post.htm#561241</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:37:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:561241</guid><dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TakeAPeekOrTakeAPeak/bzhjd/post.htm#561241</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-561241.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Just be sure not to combine &amp;quot;peek&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;look&amp;quot; like a weatherman did one winter in the 1960&amp;#39;s, when he said he was going to take a (....) outdoors and see if it was freezing or not.</description></item><item><title>Re: Take a peek or take a peak?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TakeAPeekOrTakeAPeak/bzhjd/post.htm#561222</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:37:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:561222</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TakeAPeekOrTakeAPeak/bzhjd/post.htm#561222</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-561222.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Peek- Glance or quick look Peak- Mountain</description></item><item><title>Re: Take a peek or take a peak?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TakeAPeekOrTakeAPeak/bzhjd/post.htm#110284</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:37:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:110284</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TakeAPeekOrTakeAPeak/bzhjd/post.htm#110284</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-110284.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>'Peek' is correct-- it means a quick look. 'Peak' is wrong-- it means a mountain top. This is a commonly confused pair of homophones.</description></item><item><title>Take a peek or take a peak?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TakeAPeekOrTakeAPeak/bzhjd/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:37:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:110265</guid><dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TakeAPeekOrTakeAPeak/bzhjd/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-110265.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hello,  I need your help.   I am not sure which is correct to say: take a peek or take a peak? I've seen both of them to be used with the meaning take a look.  Would you explain these expressions to me please?  Thank you.</description></item></channel></rss>