16 “MAKE” Phrasal Verbs: “make for”, “make off”, “make out”...

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I'm Adam.

In today's video, I'm going to give you some

more phrasal verbs because everybody loves

to learn about phrasal verbs.

And today, we're going to look at phrasal verbs with "make".

So, again, a quick review.

Phrasal verb is a verb and a preposition that

work together as one unit to have different

meanings.

And again, some phrasal verbs will have more

than one meaning, unrelated, and you just

need to learn these like you would learn new vocabulary.

Okay?

So, we have a whole bunch here.

Let's start with "make up".

So, now, "make up", you can use in different ways.

You can make someone up or something up.

And there's another way we're going to look at

that, but for here, "make up" means basically

put on makeup.

Put on...

Make something prettier.

And in this case, "make up" would be one word.

The stuff you put on your face to make yourself look pretty is called "make up".

So, you can make up your face, that's the

verb, separate words, "make", one word, "up",

second word.

"Make up your face" means put on makeup.

Now, you can also do with a hyphen a "make up" something.

In this case, it's an adjective.

So, like a makeup exam.

If you're doing a makeup exam, that means you missed it, and now you're doing it in

its place.

You're replacing the one you missed, in other words.

So, you can make up your exam.

You can take a makeup exam, and that's how that's going to work.

Now, you can also make up for something.

So, you can make up for the lost test, but

generally, we use this to say you're a little

bit fixing something, right?

So, if...

Let's say we had a date, and I went to the restaurant, and I sat down, and you didn't

come.

So, of course, I'm feeling very upset and a little bit angry.

So, you want to make it up.

You want to make up for that, I guess, insult.

It's a little bit rude not to show up.

So, how will you do that?

Maybe you will take me out for an even nicer dinner.

So, make up for something bad you did, fix

it, or give some sort of repayment, in a way.

If you make up with someone, so that person who didn't come to the restaurant, maybe we

got into a fight or an argument about it, and now we are going to make up with each

other, means we're going to fix the relationship.

We're going to end the dispute, end the fight, and become friends again.

So, if you make up with someone, you end the fight, you become...

You have good relations again.

If you make something up, it means you're creating a fictional story, right?

So, the teacher asked me why did I come late,

but I didn't really have a good excuse, so

I just made up a story about the dog.

You know, my dog jumped on me, and he cut

my eye, and I had to go to the hospital, and

by the time I came to class, class had already started.

So, I make up a story, make up a tale, etc.

So, that's "make up".

You're going to see "make up" a little bit again afterwards.

Now, you can make it across, you can make it through, you can make it into or in, you

can make it down, up, or to.

All of them, very different meanings.

So, you can make it across, for example, you

have a lake, and you take the boat, or you

swim and you make it across to the other side.

If you're coming to the border, you're a little

bit worried because you don't have your, you

know, your COVID vaccine proof.

You're not sure if you'll make it across the border.

So, you basically, there's a line, and you're making it across the border.

Make it through, if you make it through something,

like make it through an event, make it through

a speech, make it through a wedding, means you survived, right?

So, a lot of people think that they're going

to stand in front of a whole group of people,

and they might not make it through.

They might not finish their speech because they'll be too nervous.

Or you took a course, it was very difficult, but you made it through.

You completed it, you survived it, you graduated, you move on from there.

When you apply to join something, like let's

say you're applying to university, and then

you get your acceptance letter, means you made it into the university.

You made it into, you were accepted, and/or you just made it in.

"Into" or "in", both are okay.

"Into" will usually have the place or the situation after it.

So, I applied to university, I applied to Harvard, and I made it in.

Or, I applied to university, and I made it into Harvard.

So, "into" include the destination.

"In" just means accepted.

Down up to, like when you're talking about

going somewhere, so I live in the south, and

my friend lives in the north, so I say, "Can

you make it down this weekend?", means come

south.

"No, but he can't make it down this weekend,

so I will try to make it up to his place next

weekend."

If you're going north, you make it up to that

north place, make it down to the south place,

or just make it to the place, means arrive at, get to that place.

"Make after", now this one is a little bit tricky, because you're not going to hear it

very often.

It's a...

I think it's a little bit formal.

So, if you make after someone, basically you're

trying to get to them, you're chasing them,

or you're trying to get a particular target or goal, so you make after that goal, you

try to catch, try to achieve that goal.

A little bit formal, not so commonly used, but you might hear it.

"Make over", to make something over or to make over something is basically to change

it, usually to make it better, and once that's

done, that thing or that person has received

a makeover, which is one word.

So, especially when you think about, like,

fashion or makeup, you go to a salon and you

get a makeover, means the stylist, I guess, will

do your hair, maybe do some makeup, manicure,

pedicure, all that stuff, and then you come out like a new person.

You can also give your house a makeover.

You paint the walls, you get new furniture, all this stuff, like you have a new house.

That's the makeover.

"Make away with" or "make off with" basically mean the same thing.

So, for example, if I invested in the stock market, at the end of the year, my friend

asked me, "So, how did you do?

What did you make away with?

How much was the result?"

Right?

So, that's what basically, "to make away with"

or "to make off with" to get a certain result.

Often used with money.

So, I made off...

The thieves, for example, made off with $100,000.

Thieves robbed the bank, and then in the news,

they say, "Oh, they successfully robbed the

bank and made off with $10,000,000 in cash."

Or they made away with $10,000,000 in cash.

"Make for", "make towards" means go in the direction of.

So, make for the highway, once you get there, go north for 10 miles.

Just make towards the highway, when you see it, head north, go for 10 miles.

Essentially the same, "make for" I think is

a little bit more common than "make towards".

Again, if you're giving directions, if you're

in a new city and you ask for directions,

someone may say, "Okay, you see that tower over there?

Okay, make towards that."

When you get there, turn right, turn left, and you'll see the place you're going for.

Make of something.

Basically, make of something.

What do you make of the new movie?

What do you think about?

What is your opinion?

What is your judgment of something?

So, if you make, what do you...

Most commonly used in a question, "What do you make of whatever it is you're talking

about?"

I'm not sure what to make of it.

I hated it and I loved it at the same time, I don't know how that works.

Make out.

Now, okay, one meaning, "to make out" is similar to "make away" or "make of" with.

So, how did you make out this quarter in the stock market?

How did you make out?

What was your result?

Okay?

But you can also make out with a person.

If a boy and a girl, or boy-boy, girl-girl, I don't know, these days, anything's okay.

If they're making out, means they're like,

you know, kissing, and touching, and fooling

around.

Fooling around is another phrasal verb, by the way.

You can make out with someone, you can just

do physical things with, a little bit naughty

things that are okay or not.

So, make out, result, or fool around with somebody.

And there you go.

A lot of new phrasal verbs for you.

Remember, study them like vocabulary, just

practice, practice, and keep them in a notebook.

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And come back next time, I'll give you more phrasal verbs, more expressions, more lots,

lots more interesting English expressions to learn.

See you then.