English Puzzle

Словосочетания со словом make. Страница девять

make friends
To become friends; form a friendship; to become friendly with others.
Заводить друей; формировать круг дружелюбия.
During the cruise Ronald made friends with almost everyone on the ship.
Mrs. Jones invited Bobby to her home to play with Don. She hoped that they would make friends with each other.
Patricia is a shy girl and doesn't make friends easily.
You can make friends with an elephant by giving him peanuts.
Вы можете подружиться со слоном, угощая его арахисом.
make fun of
poke fun at
make sport of
To joke about; laugh at; tease; mock.
Don’t make fun of Jose’s English. He’s doing the best he can.
James poked fun at the new pupil because her speech was not like the other pupils.
Men like to make fun of the trimmings on women's hats.
They are making fun of Carlo’s new hair style. Don’t you think that it’s really strange?
make good time
make excellent time
To make unimpeded progress on a journey; arrive at one's destination sooner than estimated; to travel a sufficient distance at a reasonable speed.
On our last trip, it rained the entire time, so we didn't make good time.
There was not much traffic on the expressway so we made good time on our way to the airport.
We made excellent time on our trip to Florida; it only took eighteen hours.
make good
To do what one promised to do; make something come true.
Joe made good his boast to swim across the lake.
John's mother promised to take him and his friends to the zoo on Saturday. She made good her promise.
Mr. Smith borrowed some money. He promised to pay it back on payday. He made good his promise.
To compensate; pay for loss or damage. Often used in the phrase make it good.
The policeman told the boy's parents that the boy must make good the money he had stolen or go to jail.
The radio was broken while it was being delivered so the store had to make it good and send us a new radio.
To do good work at one's job; succeed.
Alma has always made good in everything that she has done.
He is a hard worker, and I'm sure that he will make good in that new job.
Kate wanted to be a nurse. She studied and worked hard in school. Then she got a job in the hospital and made good as a nurse.
make haste
To move fast; hurry. Rarely used in speaking.
Mary saw that she had hurt Jane's feelings, and made haste to say she was sorry.
The dog wriggled into one end of the hollow log, and the rabbit made haste to get out the other end.
make hay while the sun shines
strike while the iron is hot
To do something at the right time; not wait too long.
Воспользоваться возможностью, удобным случаем. "Куй железо пока горячо".
Dick had a free hour so he made hay while the sun shone and got his lesson for the next day.
My friend told me about a vacancy in their office, so I decided to strike while the iron was hot and quickly applied for the job.
Мой друг рассказал мне о вакансии в их офисе, поэтому я решил воспользоваться возможностью и быстренько подал заявление о приеме на работу.
Successful sportsmen are advised to make hay while the sun shines.
Успешным спортсменам советуют пользоваться удачными стечениями обстоятельств.
make head or tail of
To see the why of; finding a meaning in; understand. Used in negative, conditional, and interrogative sentences.
Can you make head or tail of the letter?
She could not make head or tail of the directions on the dress pattern.
make headway
To move forward; make progress.
Двигаться вперед; совершать прогресс.
The university is making headway with its campus reorganization project.
This has enabled a number of developing countries to make some headway in fighting hunger and poverty.
Это позволило ряду развивающихся стран добиться некоторых успехов в борьбе с голодом и бедностью.