ENGLISH FOR JUNIOR STUDENTS

livelihood. He makes his living by giving piano lessons. Can
you make a living from journalism? Does he make a living at it?
6. compel; force; persuade; cause (sb.) to do sth.; cause sth.
to happen. They made me repeat (I was made to repeat) the
story.
Phrases:
make one’s blood boil – to anger one
make one’s hair stand on end – shock or frighten one. His ghost
stories made our hair stand on end.
7. come to, equal. Twelve inches make one foot. His adventures
make excellent reading.
make (good, not much) sense – seem to have (plenty of, little)
sense. His arguments have never made much sense.
8. turn into; turn out to be; prove to be. If you train hard you
will make a good footballer. He will make an excellent husband.
Phrases:
make after sb. – pursue, chase. She made after him like a madwoman.
make for sb. / sth. – a) move in the direction of; head for. It’s late
we’d better turn and make for home.
b) charge at; rush towards. The bull made for me and I had to
run.
make up – a) invent, compose. The whole story is made up.
b) form, compose, constitute. Are all animal bodies made up
of cells?
c) prepare, e.g. medicine, a prescription, tonic, by mixing
ingredients. Ask the chemist to make this up for you.
make sb. / oneself up – prepare (an actor, oneself) for the stage;
to apply cosmetics to the face. It takes him more than an hour
to make up for the part of Othello. Isn’t she badly made up!
make it up with sb. – end a quarrel, dispute or misunderstanding.
They quarrel every morning and make it up every evening.
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Make or Do
make a bid for do a translation
make the bed(s) do a lesson / homework
make the best of do one’s duty
make some / little difference do science