109. Make a general mark of oneself, to

стати об'єктом загальної уваги;

How would the papers talk about it? Every man he knew would be wondering. He would have to explain and deny and make a general mark of himself (Th. Dreiser).

110. make a get-away, to 1) див. В-431 (тж. to make one's get-away); 2) утекти з тюрми;

Max says I made a first-rate get-away (!. Lind­say).

3) to make one's get-away військ, віді­рватися від ворога.

make a girdle (round) about the earth (або the world), to див. С-261.

make a goat (або scapegoat) of (або out of) one, to зробити когось козлом від­ пущення;

Whatever the explanation, we were being made the goats (M. Wilson).

make a god of one, to боготворити, божествити когось.

make a good appearance, to мати привабливий, солідний вигляд.

make a good bag of, to див. М-37.

make a good figure, to див. С-1633.

make a good fist at (або of) some­ thing, to (первісна амер.) зробити вдалу спробу, справитися з чимсь, уміти робити щось; див. тж. М-239.

make a good hand, to див. М-131.

make a good job of it, to (тж. to make a good show of) відзначитися у вико­ нанні чогось, успішно справитися з чимсь;

I'm almost without previous experience as a speaker or as a research worker. So you can see that it needs all the power I have to make a good job of it (/. Cornford).

make a good shot (at), to відгадати, розгадати, не помилитися, точно сказати щось; див. тж. М-35.

make a good show of, to див. M-119.

make a good start, to покласти доб­ рий початок чомусь, добре розпочати щось.

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123. make (або take) a good thing out of something, to мати користь від чогось, ^

нагріти руки на чомусь;

The warden and some allied politicians made a good thing out of this prison Industry (Th. Dreiser).

make a go of it, to див. М-88.

make a go on something, to розм. обходитися чимсь, задовольнятися чимсь, жити на якісь кошти;

If I thought we could make a go on your twenty [dollars] and what I'd have left out of my eight­een. I would have asked you to marry me long ago (M. Wilson).

make a goose of oneself, to див. Mr 101.

make a grand time (over something), to мати значний успіх, використати якнай­ краще (ЩОСЬ);

І reckon Mr. Jones was going to make a grand time over his surprise, but і bet you it will drop pretty flat (ЛЇ. Twain).

make a great figure, to див. С-І653.

make a great hit, to див. М-44.

make a hack in the post, to див. M-140, 1).

make a hand, to [тж. to make a fair (або fine, good) hand] (Інколи Іран.) вигід­ но використати щось; домогтися успіху.

make a hash (або a mess, a muddle, hay) of something, to (тж. to make pigs and whistles of something) наплутати, зіпсувати щось, зчинити безладдя;

You've made a hash of this cruise — you'll be a bold man to say no to that (R. Stevenson).

"Then all I can say is," he flustered out. "you've made a pretty mess oi it" (f. Galsworthy).

Oh. father, you are making hay of my things (M. Edgeworth),

133. make a hazard, to заст. гадати, ро­ бити припущення.

make (або raise) a head, to заст. на­ бирати війська.

make a hearty meal, to їсти з апети­ том;

At midday they made a hearty meal (J. Conrad).

136. make a heavy meal, to добре попо­ їсти;

After he had done eating —and he made a heavy meal — the Invisible Man demanded a cigar (H. Wells).

make a hell of a lot of difference, to див. І-1295.

make a hit, to див. М-44.

make a hog or a dog of it! викори­ стовуйте це, як вам завгодно.

140. make a hole in, to 1) (something) сильно спустошувати (запаси, заощаджен­ ня; тж. рідк. to make a hack in the post);

The chain he had seen in the window was no great cost . . . but Colonel Fellowes made rather a wry їасе over the amount. It would make a hole in his spending money (F. Danby),

2) (one) загнати кулю в когось, застре­лити когось (тж. to make holes in one),

make a hole in one's coat, to див. P-363.

make a hole in one's pocket, to див. B-2954.

make a hole in the water, to утопи-' тис я;

Why in hell didn't he go and make a hole in the water, or cut his bloody throat? (R. Tressell).

make a House, to див. К-35.

make a jest, to див. С-1452.

make a job of something, to впора­ тися, справитися з чимсь; примусити щось діяти, приносити користь;

We might make a job of this. You leave it to me (H. Wells).

make a joke, to див. С-1452.

make a joke of something, to обер­ нути щось на жарт.

make a laughing-stock (або a butt) of (one, something), to віддати на посміх, глум, виставити на поталу когось; див. тж. R-94;

Ten to one she'll make a laughing-stock of her­self and everybody belonging to her, before she's done (fl. Ward).

When first he arrived in Wimblehurst I think he had spread his effect of abounding ideas and enterprise rather too aggressively; and Wimblehurst. after a temporary subjugation, had rebelled and done its best to make a butt of him (11. Wells).

make (або scrape, рідк. cast away) a leg, to заст. жарт, вклонитися по-старо­ модному (відставивши одну ногу назад).

make a lion of one, to зробити ко­ гось знаменитим, славнозвісним на корот­ кий час.

make (або make up) a lip, to наду­ тися, надути губи, скривитися.

make a little figure, to див. С-1663.

make a livelihood, to див. В-3050.

make a living, to див. В-3050.

make a living with one's pen, to див. L-988.

make allowance (for), to 1) брати до уваги, зважувати на щось, робити поправку на щось;

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I'm afraid ^;t's a poorer place than you're used to; but you'll make allowances, I'm sure (Ch. Dick­ens).

"And she's a good ship, too," he added regret­fully, after altering the course, this time making more allowance than ever for the westerly current (J. London).

знаходити виправдання, виправдову­ вати;

робити виняток;

Andrew, administering the anaesthetic, had seen him perform a resection of the gall bladder on the kitchen table of a miner's house, the sweat dripping from his red face and hairy forearms, a model o! swiftness and accuracy. It was possible to make allowances for a man who did such work (A. Cro-nin).

158. make all the difference (in the world), to мати дуже велике значення, зовсім міня­ ти становище;

She paused a moment, then added. "But then .you're leaving Agnes behind! That's bound to make all the difference. That's-what making you sad and upsetting you" (A. Cronin).

Oh, darling, I can't tell you how nice he was. It's going to make all the difference in the world to have a friend like that (A. Waugh).

make a lodgement, to див. F-533.

make a long arm (for), to простяг­ нути руку, потягтися за чимсь;

Whilst Harvey buttered a roll, she made a long arm and pulled upon a hanging bell-горе (A. Cro-•nin).

make a long face, to див. D-764.

make a long harvest about (або for) a little corn, to див. М-1353.

make a long neck, to витягнути шию.

make (або pull) a long nose at one, to' (тж. амер. to thumb one's nose at one) показати «носа» комусь;

Frenchy, standing on the body-truck of the body on which he was working, waited until Stover was out of sight and thumbed his nose at him (/- Steele).

make a long story short, to див. L-1096.

make a magnificent hit, to див. M-44.

make a (060 one's) market of some­ thing, to торгуватися, спробувати заробити на чомусь або обміняти щось; пєрен. рідк. обманювати, дурити.

make a martyr of, to 1) (oneself) удавати з себе мученика, страдальця; 2) (one) зробити мученика з когось.

make a match of it, to 1) одружи­ тися, вийти заміж; 2) поженити, одружити когось.

170. make a matter, to спричиняти шум, хвилювання;

Because you said a word too much in a friend's ear, that would die ere she betrayed you — to make such a matter! (R. Stevenson).

make (something) a matter of (one's) conscience, to вважати справою своєї со­ вісті, робити по совісті (щось).

make amends (for), to [тж. to make (one) amends] компенсувати, повертати збитки тощо; перепрошувати;

Morris had been very gentle and considerate since the storm. As if he were trying to make amends for those months of silence and indifference when the gold lust was on him (K. S. Prichard).

He had been too hard on her. He would go and make amends (H. Caine).

make a merit of something, to ста­ вити собі за заслугу щось.

make a mess of something, to див. M-132.

make a miserable figure, to див. C-1663.

make a mock of one, to насміхатися, глузувати, знущатися з когось, збиткува­ тися над кимсь;

І won't stand by and see you made a mock of, I love you too much for that (A. Cronin).

make a molehill into a mountain, to див. М-180.

make a monkey (out) of one, to див. M-100.

make a most hell of a bloomer, to сл. припустити дуже грубу помилку, страшенно помилятися;

You're going to make a most hell of a bloomer. Very soon (Л. Cronin).

180. make (обо рідк. create) a mountain (out) of a mole-hill (або molehill), to [тж. tq make a mole-hill (або molehill) into a mountain] значно перебільшувати щось, ^ робити з мухи слона;

"There is no epidemic," declared Renton crossly.

"I'm sorry I spoke of this to you. You are making a mountain of a molehill" (A. Cronin).

Had he been making a molehill into a mountain? Surely, yes (H. Wood).

make a mouth, to див. D-760.

make a move, to 1) відправитися, ві­ дійти; 2j встати з-за столу; 3) зробити хід (у грі); 4) переп. зробити крок, починати діяти, братися (за щось);

Не wanted to be alone with her, he would have given largely to charity to be alone with her, but he was afraid to make the first move (Л. Cro­nin).

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183. make a mucker, to (тж. to make a muck of something) груб, зіпсувати, спаску­ дити щось;

"And they ought to cover the corks before labell­ ing round the bottle ".

"Why?" said rny uncle.

"Because —they sometimes make a mucker of the cork job, and then the label's wasted" (H. Wells).

"1 mean what else could you expect, after making such a muck oi it?" said his brother sulkily (G. Chesterton).

184. make a muddle of something, to див. M-132.