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  • 81make — {{11}}make (n.) match, mate, companion (now archaic or dialectal), from O.E. gemaca mate, equal; one of a pair, comrade; consort, husband, wife, from P.Gmc. *gamakon , related to O.E. gemæcc well matched, suitable, macian to make (see MAKE (Cf.… …

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  • 82make — 1. verb 1) he makes models Syn: construct, build, assemble, put together, manufacture, produce, fabricate, create, form, fashion, model Ant: destroy 2) I didn t want to go …

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  • 83make of — phrasal verb Word forms make of : present tense I/you/we/they make of he/she/it makes of present participle making of past tense made of past participle made of 1) make something of someone/something [transitive] to use chances and opportunities… …

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  • 84Make-up — Schminke * * * Make up [meɪk |ap], das; s, s: 1. kosmetisches Mittel, das auf das Gesicht aufgetragen wird, um diesem ein bestimmtes Aussehen (z. B. von Frische) zu geben: Make up auflegen. Syn.: ↑ Schminke. Zus.: Augen Make up. 2. durch Make up… …

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  • 85make up — 1) PHRASAL VERB The people or things that make up something are the members or parts that form that thing. [V P n (not pron)] North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country... [V P n (not pron)] Women officers make… …

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  • 86make up — phrasal verb Word forms make up : present tense I/you/we/they make up he/she/it makes up present participle making up past tense made up past participle made up 1) [transitive] to invent an explanation for something, especially in order to avoid… …

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  • 87make of — phrasal or make over dialect : to praise lavishly : show much affection for I like to be made of paused to make over the baby felt loved and made over * * * make of [phrasal verb …

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  • 88make — To cause to exist. United States v. Giles, 300 U.S. 41, 57 S.Ct. 340, 344, 81 L.Ed. 493. To form, fashion, or produce. To do, perform, or execute; as to make an issue, to make oath, to make a presentment. To do in form of law; to perform with due …

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  • 89make — To cause to exist. United States v. Giles, 300 U.S. 41, 57 S.Ct. 340, 344, 81 L.Ed. 493. To form, fashion, or produce. To do, perform, or execute; as to make an issue, to make oath, to make a presentment. To do in form of law; to perform with due …

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  • 90make it — verb 1. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) (Freq. 7) He survived the cancer against all odds • Syn: ↑survive, ↑pull through, ↑pull round, ↑come through • Ant: ↑ …

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