MAKE FOR: Go (or come) towards.
This ship is making for Karşıyaka.
The mad dog made for me, so I made off.
MAKE UP: Use cosmetics.
Television actors have to make up very carefully.
MAKE UP: Fabricate, compose.
She knew she would be late, so she began making up her excuse.
Do you like song? I made it up myself.
MAKE UP INTO: We buy sugar in bulk and make it up into kilo packets before selling it.
MAKE UP FOR: Compensate for.
A few days holiday will make up for the extra work you did last week.
MAKE UP TO: Flatter, try to find favour (with).
The cat is making up to me, hoping to get more milk.
MAKE OFF WITH: Run away (with).
The thief made off with my wallet.
MAKE OUT: Discern, (by sight, by hearing, understanding)
He speaks so fast I can’t make out what he says.
Can you make out this word? It’s badly written.
MAKE OUT: Prepare an account, bill, cheque.
Make your cheque out to “Essadarius Center”
MAKE OVER: Transfer property.
When my uncle retired he made the firm over to my cousin.
MAKE DO (WITH): Manage as well as one can (with).
There are no means of cooking anything today so please make do with a sandwich for lunch.
This ship is making for Karşıyaka.
The mad dog made for me, so I made off.
MAKE UP: Use cosmetics.
Television actors have to make up very carefully.
MAKE UP: Fabricate, compose.
She knew she would be late, so she began making up her excuse.
Do you like song? I made it up myself.
MAKE UP INTO: We buy sugar in bulk and make it up into kilo packets before selling it.
MAKE UP FOR: Compensate for.
A few days holiday will make up for the extra work you did last week.
MAKE UP TO: Flatter, try to find favour (with).
The cat is making up to me, hoping to get more milk.
MAKE OFF WITH: Run away (with).
The thief made off with my wallet.
MAKE OUT: Discern, (by sight, by hearing, understanding)
He speaks so fast I can’t make out what he says.
Can you make out this word? It’s badly written.
MAKE OUT: Prepare an account, bill, cheque.
Make your cheque out to “Essadarius Center”
MAKE OVER: Transfer property.
When my uncle retired he made the firm over to my cousin.
MAKE DO (WITH): Manage as well as one can (with).
There are no means of cooking anything today so please make do with a sandwich for lunch.
MAKE UP ONE’S MIND: Decide, form a firm opinion.
I can’t give you an answer immediately, -I need a few days to make up my mind whether to say “yes, or no”.
MIX UP: Confuse.
He mixed up the addresses so that no one got the right letters.
MUCK ABOUT/AROUND: To behave in a silly way or to waste the time.
Stop mucking around and come and help me.
POINT OUT: To direct attenttion to sth. Indicate, show.
I’d like to point out that we haven’t got much time to play baskatball.
PUT STH ACROSS/OVER: To say sth clearly, so that people can understand it.
He didn’t put his ideas across very well at the meeting.
PUT BACK: To return sth to its place.
He put books back on the shelf.
PUT BACK: To change the time shown on a clock, etc.. to an earlier time.
We have put the clocks back tonigt.
PUT STH FORWARD: To change the time shown on a clock, etc to a later time.
We put the clocks in sprig.
PUT BY: Save, not spend.
I have put by a little money for my old age.
PUT OUT: Extinguish.
Please put out the light before you go to sleep.
PUT OUT: Embarrass.
The young man’s tactless questions put me out.
PUT OFF: Postpone.
We are very busy at the office, I must put off my holiday for a while.
PUT UP: Lodge, find a bed.
When I am in London I usually put up at my uncle’s house.
My uncle. puts me up in Havza.
PUT UP WITH: Bear, stand, endure, suffer.
He is very rude. I can’t put up with his bad manners.
Can you put up with the pain?My dentist asked me.
PUT OFF: Cause to dislike, repel.
It’s the smell that puts me off beer.
The title of the film put me off and I never went to see it.
REVEL IN DOING STH: To enjoy sth very much.
He likes being famous and revels in the attention he gets.
RIG STH UP: To make sth quickly.
We tried to rig up a shelter, using our rugs and coats.
RING BACK: To phone sb again.
RUN OUT OFF: Have no more.
We’ve run out of sugar so we can’t have tea today.
BE RUN DOWN: Weak, not well.
The doctor says I’m run down and need a holiday.
RUN DOWN: Speak ill of someone.
She’s always running someone down but never to anyone’s face.
STAND BY: Be present but take no action.
Would you sand by while someone set fire to your house?
STAND BY: Support someone.
Don’t be afraid to speak to the boss...we’ll all stand by you.
STAND BY: Be present in case one is needed.Act as reserve.
We shall need six men to sail the boat and to to stand by.
STAND FOR: signify, represent.
The leters U.N.O. stand for United Nations Organisation.
STAND FOR: Offer oneself as a candidate.
Is Essa standing for chairman? I shall stand for parliament next year.
SET ABOUT: Make a start.
M.Ali would like to join a club but doesn’t know how to set about it.
SET OFF: Ornament, embellish.
She wore a plain black hat set off with a little bunch of violets.
SET OUT: Display arrange in good order.
A shopkeeper sets out his goods to attract customers.
Public speakers and writers should seet out their points in logical sequence.
SET UP: Establish, form.
The government has set up a committee.
I should like to set up my own business.
TAKE AFTER: Be like resemble.
M.Ali takes after his father in character.
TAKE IN: Cheat, deceive.
You can’t take me in with your stories of green horses and castles in Spain.
TAKE ON: Engage.
Tell the champion I’ll take him on for $50000.
TAKE OFF: Leave the ground.
Aeroplanes take off and all day at this busy airport.
TAKE OFF: Imitate in order to ridicule.
Have you heard Alper taking off the Prime Minister?He is really funny.
TAKE TO: Feel a liking for.
I took to this country on my very first day here.
TAKE UP: Begin to occupy oneself with.
I must take up tennis again.
TAKE OVER: Replace, act in place of.
At ten o’clock M.Ali takes over from the captain.
The captain takes over again from ESER UMAN in the morning.
TURN OUT: Result.
I’ve never made a cake before but this one has turned out very well.
Don’t worry, eveything will turn out all right.
TURN OUT: Produce.
Our factory turns out five hundred cars eveyday.
TURN OUT: Clothe, dress.
Essa always turns his children out very clear and tidy.
TURN DOWN: Reject.
The manager turned down my request for a day off.
TURN UP: Appear when not expected.
We were surprised. Gökhan turned up at the party last night.
WEAR OUT: Wear until useless.
These old shoes are still very good. Perhaps I’ll never wear them out.
WORK OUT: Reckon.
How much is ¼ of 268? Work out the answer in your mind.
WORK OUT: Prepare.
Have you worked out a timetable for the gymnasium yet.
WRITE OFF: Declare it valueless.
Eser’s car was so badly damaged that the insurance company simply wrote it off.
I can’t give you an answer immediately, -I need a few days to make up my mind whether to say “yes, or no”.
MIX UP: Confuse.
He mixed up the addresses so that no one got the right letters.
MUCK ABOUT/AROUND: To behave in a silly way or to waste the time.
Stop mucking around and come and help me.
POINT OUT: To direct attenttion to sth. Indicate, show.
I’d like to point out that we haven’t got much time to play baskatball.
PUT STH ACROSS/OVER: To say sth clearly, so that people can understand it.
He didn’t put his ideas across very well at the meeting.
PUT BACK: To return sth to its place.
He put books back on the shelf.
PUT BACK: To change the time shown on a clock, etc.. to an earlier time.
We have put the clocks back tonigt.
PUT STH FORWARD: To change the time shown on a clock, etc to a later time.
We put the clocks in sprig.
PUT BY: Save, not spend.
I have put by a little money for my old age.
PUT OUT: Extinguish.
Please put out the light before you go to sleep.
PUT OUT: Embarrass.
The young man’s tactless questions put me out.
PUT OFF: Postpone.
We are very busy at the office, I must put off my holiday for a while.
PUT UP: Lodge, find a bed.
When I am in London I usually put up at my uncle’s house.
My uncle. puts me up in Havza.
PUT UP WITH: Bear, stand, endure, suffer.
He is very rude. I can’t put up with his bad manners.
Can you put up with the pain?My dentist asked me.
PUT OFF: Cause to dislike, repel.
It’s the smell that puts me off beer.
The title of the film put me off and I never went to see it.
REVEL IN DOING STH: To enjoy sth very much.
He likes being famous and revels in the attention he gets.
RIG STH UP: To make sth quickly.
We tried to rig up a shelter, using our rugs and coats.
RING BACK: To phone sb again.
RUN OUT OFF: Have no more.
We’ve run out of sugar so we can’t have tea today.
BE RUN DOWN: Weak, not well.
The doctor says I’m run down and need a holiday.
RUN DOWN: Speak ill of someone.
She’s always running someone down but never to anyone’s face.
STAND BY: Be present but take no action.
Would you sand by while someone set fire to your house?
STAND BY: Support someone.
Don’t be afraid to speak to the boss...we’ll all stand by you.
STAND BY: Be present in case one is needed.Act as reserve.
We shall need six men to sail the boat and to to stand by.
STAND FOR: signify, represent.
The leters U.N.O. stand for United Nations Organisation.
STAND FOR: Offer oneself as a candidate.
Is Essa standing for chairman? I shall stand for parliament next year.
SET ABOUT: Make a start.
M.Ali would like to join a club but doesn’t know how to set about it.
SET OFF: Ornament, embellish.
She wore a plain black hat set off with a little bunch of violets.
SET OUT: Display arrange in good order.
A shopkeeper sets out his goods to attract customers.
Public speakers and writers should seet out their points in logical sequence.
SET UP: Establish, form.
The government has set up a committee.
I should like to set up my own business.
TAKE AFTER: Be like resemble.
M.Ali takes after his father in character.
TAKE IN: Cheat, deceive.
You can’t take me in with your stories of green horses and castles in Spain.
TAKE ON: Engage.
Tell the champion I’ll take him on for $50000.
TAKE OFF: Leave the ground.
Aeroplanes take off and all day at this busy airport.
TAKE OFF: Imitate in order to ridicule.
Have you heard Alper taking off the Prime Minister?He is really funny.
TAKE TO: Feel a liking for.
I took to this country on my very first day here.
TAKE UP: Begin to occupy oneself with.
I must take up tennis again.
TAKE OVER: Replace, act in place of.
At ten o’clock M.Ali takes over from the captain.
The captain takes over again from ESER UMAN in the morning.
TURN OUT: Result.
I’ve never made a cake before but this one has turned out very well.
Don’t worry, eveything will turn out all right.
TURN OUT: Produce.
Our factory turns out five hundred cars eveyday.
TURN OUT: Clothe, dress.
Essa always turns his children out very clear and tidy.
TURN DOWN: Reject.
The manager turned down my request for a day off.
TURN UP: Appear when not expected.
We were surprised. Gökhan turned up at the party last night.
WEAR OUT: Wear until useless.
These old shoes are still very good. Perhaps I’ll never wear them out.
WORK OUT: Reckon.
How much is ¼ of 268? Work out the answer in your mind.
WORK OUT: Prepare.
Have you worked out a timetable for the gymnasium yet.
WRITE OFF: Declare it valueless.
Eser’s car was so badly damaged that the insurance company simply wrote it off.
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