tailieunhanh - NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 39

NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 39. The small but very concise NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases offers 6,000 basic and common English words plus 6,000 basic and common English idioms and phrases. You will find this portable title essential in the classroom, at home, or traveling, when you need help to recall word and phrase meanings. | make mischief Informal. 2. to scold or punish someone severely. make mischief to cause trouble. make off with someone or something to leave and take away someone or something. make oneself at home to make oneself comfortable as if one were in one s own home. make oneself clear to give a clear explanation or clear orders. make oneself heard to speak loudly so that one will be heard above the noise. make out after someone or something to run after someone or something to start out after someone or something. make out for someone or something to run toward someone something or someplace. make out with someone or something to manage satisfactorily with someone or something. make over someone or something to pay a lot of attention to someone or something. make overtures to give hints about something to present or suggest ideas. make reservations Go to make a RESERVATION. make short work of someone or something and make fast work of someone or something to finish with someone or something quickly. make someone or something over to convert someone or something into a new or different person or thing. make someone or something tick to cause someone or something to run or function. Originally the kind of thing that would be said about a clock or a watch. make someone the scapegoat for something to make someone take the blame for something. make someone up to put makeup on someone including oneself. make someone s bed Go to make a bed. make someone s blood boil to make someone very angry. make someone s blood run cold to shock or horrify someone. make someone s hair stand on end to cause someone to be very frightened. make someone s head spin Go to MAKE SOMEONE S HEAD SWIM. make someone s head swim and make someone s head spin 1. to make someone dizzy or disoriented. 2. to confuse or overwhelm someone. make someone s mouth water to make someone hungry for something to cause someone to salivate. make something from scratch to make something by starting with the basic .