#; £0.^: [VN] to make a table/dress/cake j$^i7 /

^ / Hit o to make bread/cement/paper 7#

/ US'jfe 0 She makes her own clothes, ittfe B cl #AiL o Wine is made from grapes. o

The grapes are made into wine. o

WTiat’s your shirt made o/? # ift A Ik jfr ft $] ? o made in France (= on a label) BU rfe!j la 0 [VN, VNN] She made coffee for us all. M in $£ if] A M1+ 7 M B# „ 0 She made us all coffee. $£iHXMff7o o note at do 2 [VN] to write, create or prepare sth ^; tB 7; ^'J iT: These regulations were made to protect children. |£iijJtJi^7{£^JLSffirtjiJiT&7 o My lawyer has been urging me to make a will. $£^^W^;i[$Ef§fl£f£}&3l iff] ₀ o She has made (= directed or acted in) several movies. *lfe£ghJ7$?/l^*i7

► A BED 3 [VN] to arrange a bed so that it is neat and ready for use j|J7

► CAUSE TO APPEAR/HAPPEN/BECOME/DO [£ J£ f# / £±J lJfe / fife

fj / 4 [VN] to cause sth to appear as a result of

breaking, tearing, hitting or removing material H ( ) : The stone made a dent in the roof of

the car. 7Affi-7MITr7iiLo o The holes in the cloth were made by moths. A±^01I;liA7ttl$o 5 [VN] to cause sth to exist, happen or be done fsfettiJjil; 71 A;

A ffe: to make a noise/mess/fuss 7 7^ it; # H; 7 MXX O She tried to make a good impression on the interviewer. f§7£P £PH.₀ o I keep

making the same mistakes. $£ M. H |W] # 1$ It iH ₀

6 [VN-ADJ] to cause sb/sth to be or become sth ;

fsliJ&A: The news made him very happy.

f #il7No 0 She made her objections clear. ftfefefjSll A7 fXMo 0 He made it clear that he objected. fife fit A7 BLMo 0 The full story was never made public. )£

M A77£7tM:o O Can you make yourself understood in Russian? #Its ^ftfJM JB ? 0 She couldn’t

make herself heard above the noise of the traffic. 7 Bis ISA, MA&- it A B/f 31 ink W r e¹» o The terrorists made it known that tourists would be targeted,

7Efeo 7 [VN inf] to cause sb/sth to do sth fj£ f# : She always makes me

laugh. o This dress makes me look fat.

&Aflll$£^Flf&iil° o What makes you say that (= why do you think so)? ifofjfYX&XYSi? 0 Nothing will make me change my mind, if Xtilt77 $£ ,#J±j§£₀ 8 ~ sth of sb/sth | ~ sth sth to cause sb/sth to be or become sth f£3£f#; fk$C A: [VN] This isn’t very important—I don’t

want to make an issue of it. 7 A fi ll $£7£!#1

o Don’t make a habit of it. £i|#J5£>)^,ffL o You’ve made a terrible mess of this job. JLH

f#—®!|i₀ O It’s important to try and make something of (= achieve sth in) your life. A-*7.7 7"#rJ$ifeJ!lll£ 1167 0 We7Z make a tennis player of you yet.

A, $£in£it#$A-£l«&7ltt₀ o[vn-N} I made painting the house my project for the summer. fE77$) ©J7-®, 0 She made it her

business to find out who was responsible. Jtife —AII fit#

► A DECISION/GUESS/COMMENT, ETC XX'. ffriflj. if XX

9 [VN] ~ a decision, guess, comment, etc. to decide, guess, etc. sth ffl, #/±} ( l&it# ) : Come on!

It’s time we made a start. ! $£0hi A 7■„ lildi-J Make can be used in this way with a number of different nouns. These expressions are included at the entry for each noun. * make

jh, t,

► FORCE illf£ 10 to force sb to do sth jl|f<£; 3$it: [VN inf] They made me repeat the whole story. f&fn#ib$£jtlll7

So 0 [VN to inf] She must be made to comply

with the rules. XXjlifMMXMJ!(|» HHl-l This pattern is only used in the passive. iitAMlXffl7$&3tlili[VN] He never cleans his room and his mother never tries to makehim. M^7Ak7MfiHlfe

► REPRESENT A fffi 11 to represent sb/sth as being or

doing sth Ail; A7; [VN-ADJ] You’ve made my

nose too big (= for example in a drawing). % fE #c |)<J #

7 il I# A A 7 o 0 [VN-N] He makes King Lear a truly

tragic figure. A^/₀

APPOINT \f^ 12 [VN-N] to elect or choose sb as sth ££

Miit; ffTp: She made him her assistant. jgtftfe

Mmmx₀

► BE SUITABLE ii if 13 linking verb [V-N] to become or develop into sth; to be suitable for sth $ A; IS o’: She would have made an excellent teacher. MA Pl’IMJSfcA—'fv tb'fe&tllfcWo <> This room would make a nice office. &

► EQUAL XX 14 linking verb [V-N] to add up to or equal sth ^7: 5 and 7 make 12. * 5 jjp 7 #7 12₀ o A hundred cents make one euro. —

15 linking verb [V-N] to be a total of sth Ji • • ■

: That makes the third time he’s failed his driving

test!

► MONEY A 16 [VN] to earn or gain money :

She makes $100 000 a year. — Of !$t 10 7j JD ₀ 0 to make a profit/loss fkf'l; ini o We need to think of ways to make money. o He made

a fortune on the stock market. AMo

8 He makes a living as a stand-up comic. P10

► CALCULATE ff# 17 [VN-N] [no passive] to think or calculate sth to be sth if; ifM ■ What time do you make

it? itMfE 71,^7? 0 I make that exactly $50. $£31 tUJEM 50 Ac

► REACH A 5^;|] 18 [VN] [no passive] to manage to reach or go

to a place or position ( Jf-A ) iiPJ: Do

you think we’ll make Dover by 12? #$s£#$£jH 12 tb 3\ % ? 0 I’m sorry I couldn’t make your party last

night, fltniuft, 0^'S;tb#iJDiXifl^WXo o He’ll never make (= get a place in) the team. 'ftfciftAoJisJ&AilfcfAlA Mo 0 The story made (= appeared on) the front pages of the national newspapers. §777S'l7JtffLW A

Ji§ „ o We just managed to make the deadline (= to finish sth in time).

► STH SUCCESSFUL h%X 19 [VN] to cause sth to be a success

Good wine can make a meal. MU'Qyfr #o 0 The news really made my day.

IR71 Most idioms containing make are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example make merry is at merry. A^t^^ make k >} lit, nJ

unmake

merry ^ ^ merry 7» make as if to do sth to

make a movement that makes it seem as if you are just going to do sth {Pj7; 7^: He made as if to speak, life i&X.ffXo make 'do (with sth) to manage with sth that is not really good enough ; 'l&M : We were in a hurry so we had to make do with a quick snack. $£ if] flklt, R # tfc if 7 7 »£ o make

'good to become rich and successful ifj make sth 'good 1 to pay for, replace or repair sth that has been lost or damaged US: She

promised to make good the damage. jtife^kSR^M A₀ 2 to do sth that you have promised, threatened, etc. to do I$f, Wfi ( &]&#$♦ ) BOH fulfil

'make it 1 to be successful in your career :

He never really made it as an actor. flfeAUXIfc7^l'^'7fi£ 2 to succeed in reaching a place in time, especially when this is difficult ( MX Y M

Bti'Jii: The flight leaves in twenty minutes—we’ZZ never make it.

77 7 o 3 to be able to be present at a place ft}

( ) : I’m sorry I won’t be able to make it (= for

example, to a party) on Saturday, f&f&fl;, M$J/v$£7 Hi hi 0 o 4 to survive after a serious illness or accident; to deal successfully with a difficult experience ^ 7

)®; iJtMZt A: The doctors think he’s going to make it. E 7 iA X Itfe IIM xi A o 0 I don’t know how I made it through the week. $£7$flit B

‘make it with sb (NAmE, slang) to have sex with sb

9 k^A ) make like ... (NAmE, informal) to

pretend to be, know or have sth in order to impress people ( A&3UAfSTep£ ) (UB, ^fh--#7: He makes like he’s the greatest actor of all time, fife ^ Hi # W< make the'most

of sth/sb/yourself to gain as much advantage, enjoyment, etc. as you can from sb/sth ; //.‘(W7'x::

It’s my first trip abroad so I’m going to make the most of