UNIT 8 (LANDMARK upper intermediate, workbook)
manage to see, read or hear sth
I could just make out a figure in the darkness
I could hear voices but I couldn`t make out waht they were saying.
write out or complete a form or document
The doctor made out a prescription for me
make up
consist of, comprise
Why don`t you two kiss and make up?
invent (a story) sometimes in order to deceive
He made up some excuse about his doughter being sick.
make up for
compensate
Nothing can make up for the lost of a child
make for
provide
It does not make for the most stable atmosphere.
make for
move, usually rather hurriedly, towards a particular place
As soon as he entered the disco, he made for the bar.
(for some fernet, of course)
