make out . fill out填写
The teacher made out the report cards and gave them to the students to take home．老师填好成绩单，交给学生带回家。
Will you please make out my bill? 请把我的帐单开给我好吗?
make out . understand理解；了解
I couldn't make out what he was saying．我不明白他在说什么。
I never could make Janet out． Why does she always annoy people who try to help her? 我永远也不可能理解珍妮，为什么她总要使那些想帮她忙的人感到不愉快呢?
make out . distinguish辨认
I can't make out what that sign says； it is still too far away．我无法看清那个标记，它距离我太远了。
make out . try to prove企图证明
Charles and Bob had a fight， and Charles tried to make out that Bob started it ．查尔斯和鲍勃打了一架，查尔斯竭力说是鲍勃先动的手。
He made out that he had never been to the place before．他企图证明他从未去过那个地方。
make out . represent；represent as being声称；把…说成
They make themselves out to be poorer than they really are．他们把自己说得比实际上要穷些。
He made me out to be a hypocrite．他把我说成是伪君子。
make out . progress进展
He is making out very well in his new job．他那项新工作干得很不错。
He seems a little bit irresponsible now，but I think he will make out all right．目前看来他有点缺乏责任感，但我相信他会变好的。
make out . pretend假装
They made out they were weavers．他们假装是织布工人。
He made himself out to be interested in our planned trip．他假装对我们计划中的旅行感兴趣。
make out . complete（a total）凑足（总数）
I cannot make out the required sum to settle this account．我凑不出这笔款子来还帐。
Several other items were added to make out a round number． 加了几个别的项目以凑足一个整数。
make out of . produce from用…制成
The cottage was made out of logs．那小屋是用圆木建成的。
make out of . change…to把…培养成；使…变成
It was the school's responsibility to make good citizens out of the students．学校的职责是把学生培养成良好的公民。
They made an illiterate out of my daughter．他们使我女儿变成了文盲。
make over . alter and make like new（particularly of clothes）翻改（衣服）
Do you think you can make over this old coat? 你看你能把这件旧上衣改一下吗?
The house has been made over into a school．这座房子已改建成一所学校。
make over . transfer转移
Mr．Brown has made over his business to his son．布朗先生已经把公司移交给了他儿子。
he has made over his property to a hospital．他把他的财产捐给了一家医院。
make peace . make peace with . be on good terms .be on good terms with . （与…）和好；（与…）讲和
The leaders of the two nations decided to make peace．两国领导人决定议和。
Has Philip made peace with Rosemary or are they still arguing? 菲利浦已经同罗斯玛丽握手言好了，还是他们仍在争吵不休?
make room for . arrange space for为…腾出空地
We can easily make room for you at this table．我们很容易就能在这张桌上为你腾出位置。
make room for . be replaced by被…所替代
It is in the very nature of things that the old eventually makes room for the new．旧事物终将被新事物所代替，这是必然的。
make somebody 's blood boil . make somebody angry激怒
When someone called him a liar it made his blood boil．当有人说他是个扯谎的人时，他十分恼火。
It made Mary's blood boil to see the children make fun of the crippled girl．玛丽看到孩子们在取笑那位残废的女孩时，勃然大怒。
make sense . be something you can understand or explain能理解；合理
What he said just doesn't make sense．他讲的那番话简直不知所云。
She doesn't talk much， but what she says makes sense．她不多讲话，但言之有理。
make sense . seem right； sound reasonable or practical可行；合乎情理
Does it make sense to let little children play with matches? 让孩子们玩火柴能行吗?
make sense of . understand； interpret successfully 理解
Even though the speaker had a strong accent，Henry could catch on to his story， but Tom couldn't make sense of it at all．尽管演讲者地方口音很重，但是亨利能听懂他的话，而汤姆却一点儿也听不懂。
Can you make sense of what he said? 你听懂他说的话吗?
I can't make sense of either the Chinese or Korean language，and that's why I can't tell them apart．我既不懂汉语，也不懂朝鲜语，这就是我分不清这两种语言的原因。
make something do . substitute one thing for another用一物代替另一物
If there's no cream for the coffee，we'll just have to make milk do．如果没有奶油放在咖啡里，放牛奶也可以。
make sure . be sure or certain务必
Father makes sure that all the lights are off before he goes to bed．父亲在确认所有的灯都关了以后才上床。
Let's make sure that it has been finished．让我们搞清楚这工作是否确实已完成。
We must make sure of the facts．我们必须把事实搞清楚。