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  • 41make the best of something — make the best of (something) British, American & Australian, British & Australian to try to think and act in a positive way when you have to accept a situation which you do not like but cannot change. The room they ve given us is too small really …

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  • 42make the best of — (something) British, American & Australian, British & Australian to try to think and act in a positive way when you have to accept a situation which you do not like but cannot change. The room they ve given us is too small really, but we ll just… …

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  • 43make a meal — If someone makes a meal of something, they spend too long doing it or make it look more difficult than it really is …

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  • 44make difficulties — 1. To be hard to please 2. To make objections • • • Main Entry: ↑difficult …

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  • 45make the effort to do something — make the/an/effort (to do something) mainly spoken phrase to do something even though you do not want to or you find it difficult I wish you’d make the effort to get on with her. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym Main entry:… …

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  • 46make the effort — make the/an/effort (to do something) mainly spoken phrase to do something even though you do not want to or you find it difficult I wish you’d make the effort to get on with her. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym Main entry:… …

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  • 47difficult — [dif′i kult΄, dif′ikəlt] adj. [ME, back form. < DIFFICULTY] 1. hard to do, make, manage, understand, etc.; involving trouble or requiring extra effort, skill, or thought 2. hard to satisfy, persuade, please, etc. SYN. HARD difficultly adv …

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  • 48make yourself scarce — INFORMAL ► to go away from a difficult situation in order to avoid trouble: »Things were going badly at the meeting, so he made himself scarce. Main Entry: ↑scarce …

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  • 49make a martyr of yourself — make a martyr of (yourself) to do things which are difficult or unpleasant for you, often when it is not necessary. She s made a real martyr of herself, wearing herself out doing everything for her family …

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  • 50make a martyr of — (yourself) to do things which are difficult or unpleasant for you, often when it is not necessary. She s made a real martyr of herself, wearing herself out doing everything for her family …

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