Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

err
vt (formal) to make mistakes; to do or to be wrong: 
To err is 
human.
5. 
make
 vt/i 
1) (
used with a large number of nouns in special 
senses
) to make a clean breast of; to make a full disclosure or confes-
sion: 
Susan is going to make a clean breast of her extravagance as soon 
as her husband gets home.
to make ends meet
to live within one’s income: 
The Evans family 
found it very difficult to make ends meet after the birth of the new 
baby.
to make haste
to hurry: 
Make haste or we shall miss the train. If 
you don’t make haste, the stores will be closed. 
(The most frequent uses 
are in the present and the imperative).
to make head or tail
(of smth) to understand, to make sense of it 
(colloq.):
 I have read the document through three times, but I can’t make 
head or tail of it.
to make it
to get to a destination or an appointment in time (
sl. or 
colloq
.): 
I had hoped to get to the meeting, but I found at the last minute 
that I couldn’t make it.
to make much of
to make a great fuss of: 
The newspapers all made 
much of his achievement.
2) (
used with adverbial particles and prepo-
sitions
).
to make smth of smb (smth)
to understand, interpret:
 What are 
we to make of his behaviour?
to make off
to run away, to bolt:
 The thieves smashed the shop 
window and made off with a large amount of jewelry.
to make smth out
1) to write out: 
Make out a cheque for $ 10. 
2) to manage to see, read: 
We made out a figure in the darkness. The 
outline of the house could just be made out. 
3) to understand: 
I can’t 
make out what he wants. She’s a strange sort of person; I can’t make 
her out.

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to make up
1) to compose; invent: 
The teacher asked the children to 
make up a poem about their summer holidays. 
2) to use cosmetics (in 
ordinary life and on the stage): 
At one time it was not considered good 
taste for women to make up.
3) to become reconciled after a quarrel: 
When a quarrel has been made up, the best thing to do is to forget it.