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BY IBRAHIM KAYACAN
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TO CREATE OR PRODUCE SOMETHING BY WORKING

• JANE MADE COFFEE WHILE THE GUESTS WERE FINISHING THEIR DESSERT.
• SHE MAKES ALL HER OWN CLOTHES.
• MADE IN: THIS FURNITURE IS MADE IN SOUTH AMERICA.
• MAKE SOMETHING FROM SOMETHING: THEY MAKE PAPER FROM OLD RAGS.
• MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF SOMETHING: WE MADE CURTAINS OUT OF SOME OLD MATERIAL WE FOUND.
• MADE (OUT) OF SOMETHING: A BOWL MADE OF METAL/PLASTIC/WOOD
• MAKE SOMEONE SOMETHING: JOAN MADE ME A BEAUTIFUL DRESS FOR MY WEDDING.
• MAKE SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE/SOMETHING: THEY'RE MAKING A TV PROGRAMME ABOUT THE CASE.
[TRANSITIVE] USED WITH SOME NOUNS FOR SHOWING THAT
SOMEONE PERFORMS THE ACTION REFERRED TO BY THE NOUN
•OVER 340 ARRESTS WERE MADE.
•MAKE AN ATTEMPT/EFFORT: HELEN MADE NO ATTEMPT TO STOP HIM.
•MAKE A DECISION: NO ONE WANTED TO MAKE A CLEAR DECISION ON THE PROJECT.
•MAKE A MISTAKE/ERROR: NOBODY'S PERFECT – WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
•MAKE PROGRESS: WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS, BUT THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO.
•MAKE A CHANGE/ALTERATION/ADJUSTMENT ETC: PEOPLE CAN EAT MORE HEALTHILY WITHOUT MAKING MAJOR CHANGES
TO THEIR DIET.
•MAKE A CONTRIBUTION: THIS STUDY MAKES AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE.
•MAKE A NOISE/SOUND: STOP MAKING SO MUCH NOISE!
•MAKE A NOTE OF SOMETHING (=KEEP A WRITTEN RECORD OF SOMETHING): MATTHEW MADE A NOTE OF THE CAR'S
NUMBER AND INFORMED THE POLICE.
USED WITH SOME NOUNS FOR SHOWING THAT SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING

• MAKE A STATEMENT/SUGGESTION/COMPLAINT ETC:

THE MINISTER WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ON THAT ISSUE LATER TODAY.
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STATE OR TO CHANGE TO ANOTHER STATE
• MAKE SOMEONE DO SOMETHING: THIS FILM ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY.
• MAKE YOURSELF HEARD/UNDERSTOOD ETC: I KNOW ENOUGH JAPANESE TO MAKE MYSELF UNDERSTOOD.
• MAKE SOMETHING DIFFICULT/EASY ETC: THE NOISE IN THE SCHOOL MAKES LEARNING DIFFICULT.
• MAKE SOMEONE FEEL ILL/SAD/STRANGE ETC: THE SMELL OF FISH MAKES ME FEEL ILL.
• MAKE SOMEONE LOOK FAT/THIN/YOUNGER ETC: THAT HAIRCUT MAKES YOU LOOK TEN YEARS YOUNGER.
• MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY/SAD/ANGRY ETC: LISTENING TO THE NEWS JUST MAKES ME ANGRY THESE DAYS.
• MAKE SOMETHING NICE/PRETTY/ATTRACTIVE ETC: I WANT TO MAKE THE PLACE NICE FOR WHEN THEY ARRIVE.
• MAKE SOMEONE FAMOUS/POPULAR ETC: IT WAS TELEVISION THAT MADE HER SO POPULAR.
• MAKE IT CLEAR/OBVIOUS/PLAIN ETC (THAT): I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
• MAKE IT KNOWN/UNDERSTOOD (THAT): SHE MADE IT KNOWN THAT SHE WAS THE MAYOR'S WIFE.
• MAKE SOMEONE SOMETHING: THEY MADE HIM HEAD TEACHER AFTER JOANNE LEFT.
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TO FORCE SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING

• I'M NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE AND YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!

• MAKE SOMEONE DO SOMETHING:

• THEY MADE US WORK FOR 12 HOURS A DAY.
• THEY MADE HIM TELL THE TRUTH BY DEPRIVING HIM OF FOOD.

• BE MADE TO DO SOMETHING:
• WE WERE MADE TO LEARN FIFTY NEW WORDS EVERY WEEK.
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• MAKE AN APPOINTMENT/DATE:
I'VE MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOU WITH THE DOCTOR FOR TOMORROW
MORNING.
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TO EARN OR GET MONEYS

• HE MAKES ABOUT £2,000 A MONTH.

• MAKE MONEY:
• YOU CAN MAKE A LOT OF MONEY PLAYING THE STOCK MARKET.
• MAKE A LIVING (=MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED):
• CAN YOU MAKE A LIVING FROM PAINTING?
• MAKE A PROFIT:
• THE COMPANY MADE A SMALL PROFIT IN ITS FIRST YEAR.