- to make a change / to make changes to something
- to make a choice
- to make a contribution to
- to make a committment
- to make a compromise with
- to make conversation = to talk to someone who you do not know well, without having anything to say in order to be polite; to attempt to engage someone in conversation, with uncertain chances of success, by mentioning the weather, today's news...
- to make deal
- to make (a) difference
- to make a decision
- to make a guess at something
- to make a habit of doing something
- to make a mess
- to make a purchase
- to make an adjustment
- to make an alteration
- to make an attempt at something
- to make appointments to do
- to make acquaintance with
- to make advances to someone = to flirt with someone
- to make arrangements for
- to make cake, dinner
- to make claims
- to make beds
- to make effort to do
- to make friends with someone = to work to become a friend of someone.
- to make fun of something/someone = to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter [= to mock]
- to make love
- to make money
- to make generalizations about smt = to make a statement about all the members of a group that is true for most of the members
- to make phone calls
- to make something
- to make oneself comfortable
- to make up your mind/make your mind up
Example:
- When we make changes to a verb, we call it conjugating. English verbs have different forms: go, goes, went, gone, going.
- How to make friends in 25 steps.
- Many people make a habit of blaming others for all their problems.
- Taking something specific and applying it more broadly is making a generalization.
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