Словосочетания со словом make. Страница восемь

make clear

To clarify, to explain.

Please make clear that he should never act so impolitely again.

The supervisor made it clear to the workers that they had to increase their productivity.

make conversation

To talk with someone just so that there will be talk.

John made conversation with the stranger so that he would not feel left out.

Mary didn't really mean what she said about Joan. She was only making conversation.

make do

make do with

To use a poor substitute when one does not have the right thing.

During difficult economic times, many people have to make do with less.

John did not have a hammer, and he had to make do with a heavy rock.

Many families manage to make do on very little income.

Pearl doesn’t have a clean blouse so she has to make do with the one she wore yesterday.

This motel isn't what we wanted, but we must make do.

make ends meet

make both ends meet

To have enough money to pay one's bills; earn what it costs to live.

Both husband and wife had to work to make ends meet.

make eyes at

To look at a girl or boy in a way that tries to attract him to you; flirt.

Стоить глазки; стрелять глазами; смотреть на кого-либо таким образом, чтобы привлечь его/ее внимание; флиртовать.

I don’t know the way to make eyes, can you teach me?

Я не умею строить глазки, можешь научить меня?

The man became angry when he saw that his girlfriend was making eyes at someone else at the party.

Мужчина разозлился, когда увидел, как его девушка строила глазки кому-то на вечеринке.

The other girls disliked her way of making eyes at their boyfriends instead of finding one of her own.

make faces at

To grimace; scowl.

"Stop making faces at each other, you children," my aunt said, "and start eating."

make for

To go toward; start in the direction of.

The bee got his load of pollen and made for the hive.

The children took their ice skates and made for the frozen pond.

make free with

To take or use (things) without asking.

A student should not make free with his teacher's first name.

Bob makes free with his roommate's clothes.

To act toward (someone) in a rude or impolite way.

The girls don't like Ted because he makes free with them.