578. Make out the lay of the land, to,

1) мор. визначити напрям на берег; 2) пе-

рен. дізнатися про стан речей; див. тж. L-231;

Everybody was trying to make out the lay of the land for Yilgani (K. S. Prichard).

579. make out the words, to розібрати, прочитати слова;

Our travellers found themselves at last opposite the gates of a great barren house, on which they could just make out the words, Hotel, de la Porte d'Or (Ch. Collins).

make (one) out wrong, to див, М-576.

make overtures, to бив. М-225

make (one) pay (for something), to примусити відповідати (когось за щось);

"By God!" he shouted to the empty room, "I'll make him pay for it" (A. Cronin).

583 make peace, to 1) укласти мир; 2) на­вести, встановити громадський порядок; 3) (по) Мирити (когось);

I've got lo make peace between these two (P. Abrahams).

4) (по)миритися;

After twen ly years of the quarrel, my mother tried to make peace (Ch. Snow).

5) заст. встановити тишу, примусити ко­ гось замовкнути.

make penny of something, to заст. продати, обернути на гроші щось.

make pigs and whistles of something, to див. M-132.

make ^something) plain with the earth (або ground), to див. В-410.

587 make play, to 1) мисл. завдати ба­гато клопоту мисливцям (про звіра); 2) спорт, енергійно наносити удари (в боксі);

енергійно діяти, домогтися наслідків;

див. G-19I; 5) див. Н-1526, 2).

588. make pretence, to 1) (for) претенду­ вати (на щось), вимагати (щось);

2) (of) прикидатися, симулювати, удава­ти, робити вигляд;

Не came in (he evening without hailing her gaily and though he made pretence of unconcern, she loved him too well not to detect, from the deepened line between his eyes and a score of other minute signs, that he had received an unexpected blow (A. Cronin).

make prize of, to див. М-248.

make progress, to робити успіхи, успішно просуватися вперед.

make provision for something, to по­ дбати про щось, забезпечити, підготувати щось, передбачливо вживати заходів щодо чогось.

make provisions, to постановляти, пе­ редбачати.

593. make rapid strides, to див, М-403. 5У4. make (one, oneself, something; ready,

to див. G-470.

595. make reference (to), to посилатися (на), згадувати;

She made no reference to Hugh, nor to her visit to the psychiatrist (Ch. Snow).

make religion of (або to) something, to див. М-256.

make resistance, to див. О-97.

make (або run) rings around (або round), to (тж. to ring the rounds) спорт.

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жарг. значно випередити, обійти (когось); див. тж. G-178;

І pointed out what he hud done, how fast he had been, how he had run rings around everybody CS. Elkin).

599. make (або give) room (for), to по­ ступатися місцем, звільняти місце (для ко­ гось), посунутися, відступити;

"Sit here," Stephanie called. She made room on the sofa and Marguerite . . . squeezed into the place (A. Saxton).

600. make (або hoist) sail, to 1) мор. під- ІіЬІнти паруси; 2) мор. відпливати;

This day was the thirtieth of June, and the thirteenth since the Grampus made sail from Nantucket (E. Poe).

3) перен. піти;

The signal to make sail for the drawing-room was given and they all arose and departed (ft⁷. Thackeray).

make satisfaction, to (звич. /op.) ком­ пенсувати, відшкодувати збитки, втрати.

make scruple", to дав. Н-892.

make semblance of something, to (тж. to put on a semblance of something) надіти личину, удавати, зробити вигляд,

make sense, to мати смисл; бути зро­ зумілим; „

'Now, the thing made sense: the meager meals, the rumors which had been making the rounds (S. Heym).

The way to handle them, Bannerman decided, was to make friends with one and make sense lo the other (M. Wilson).

605. make sense (out) of something, to

зрозуміти смисл, значення чогось;

She moved about the room, deep in thought, picking up things and throwing them down, trying to make sense out of Gert and his spells of being human immediately before he went drinking (P. Ab­rahams).

make (something) serviceable, to по­ лагодити, зробити справним (щось).

make (або cast) sheep's eyes at one,

to дивитися на когось закоханими очима;

Jean, stop making sheep's eyes at the poor laddie (A. Cronin).

make shift, to див. М-285.

make short cuts at something, to зра­ зу підходити до основного;

І ought to have begun with a word of expla­nation, but it's my way to make short cuts at things (Ch. Dickens).

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

make (one) shorter by the head, to див. С-1742.

make short of a long story, to див. L-I096.

make short of long, to див. L-1096.

make short shrift (або work) of (або with), to див. М-359.

make (one, something) sing small, to примусити (когось, щось) відійти на зад­ ній план, поступитися;

І thought I had fixed up a little surprise for this occasion, but it doesn't amount to anything' now. This one makes it sing small (M. Twain).

616. make (one) sit up, to 1) загадати важку роботу (комусь); 2) перен. (непри­ ємно) вразити, здивувати (когось) [тж. to make (one) sit up and take notice];

1 have made you sit up once or twice, eh? (B. Shaw).

I'm Rding to work, really work at the Depart­ment, do someihing this time that'll make them all sit up (A. Cronin).

I'm not fea.red to meet him. I've got news for him that'll make him sit up and take notice (A. Cronin).

3) перен. примусити стати -активним, роз­ворушити (когось).

make (one) sit up and take notice, to див. М-616, 2)1

make small talk, to вести світську, пусту розмову; говорити про дрібниці, ^ говорити «"про погоду»; див. тж. S-1370;

Aiter Willoughby was gone, Karen tried to make small talk fS. Heym),

make speed, to див. М-404.

make spoil (of) lo заст. грабувати, мародерствувати.

make sport (out) of one, to див. H-324.

make (one) squeal, to злод. жарг. ви­ магати погрозами гроші (у когось), шанта­ жувати (когось).

make stake, to амер. нажити, при­ дбати багатство.

make (one) stare, to здивувати, вра­ зити (когось);

My lord's chaplain poured out all this intelli­gence to the* amused ladies and the delighted young provincial, seasoning his conversation with such plain terms and lively jokes as made Harry stare (W. Thackeray).

make steps, to див. Т-343.

make study of (one something), to вивчати, досліджувати (когось, щось);

Her father-in-law, who had really made some study of orientalism, lifted his eyebrow over these new acquaintances (7. Galsworthy).

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make suit of one, to покірливо; сми­ ренно просити когось.

make sure 1) постаратися, забезпе­ чити, вжити заходів; домагатися;

The morning sun's the thing; We don't get enough of it, but in my room I've made sure of all thafs going (A, Cronin).

2) (тж. з of) упевнитися, перекопатися, з'ясувати, точно встановити, перевірити (тж. to make certain; to make certain of);

They can X-ray you fo make sure, but I should be surprised (Ch. Snow).

He hurried below stairs to make quite certain that the note was a good one (Ch. Dickens).

629. make sure work with something, to

міцно заволодіти чимсь; забезпечити свій контроль над чимсь.

630. make (one) sweat (for something), to амер. завдавати тортур, допитувати (ко- г&сь); перен. примусити відповідати (за щось);

"I'll have you arrested for this," he snarled, tears of boyish indignation running down his flushed cheeks. "I'll make you sweat for this. You'll see" (7. London).

631. make tea (at, with), to пити чай (десь, з кимсь);

Dennis had made an early tea at McKinley's "Family and Commercial Temperance Hotel" (A. Cronin).

632. make terms, to ставити, висувати умови;

Now, we have made our own terms, and our shares are equal (E. Bulwer Lytlon).

make terms (with), to див. С-1118, 2).

make the acquaintance of one, to див. M-74.

make the agreeable to one, to див.. ffi-515.

make the air blue, to див. С-Ї636.

make the bag, to мисл. убити дичини більше, ніж Інші учасники полювання.

make the best of, to і) використати, якнайкраще (когось, щось) [тж. to make the most of (it)];

Still, life is lite, and he must make the best of if (E. Voynich).

. He had felt some pride—he acknowledged it freely; and lei his enemies make the most of it (M. Twain).

2) терпіти, зносити, миритися (з кимсь, чимсь);

We must let the room and it might just as well be him as anyone else. We must make the best of it, that's all (R. Tressell).

639. make the best of a bad bargain (або business, job, lot, matter, situation), to (тж. to make the best of it) твердо, спокійно пе­ реносити невдачу, нещастя; не осоромити­ ся, ~ робити гарну міну прн поганій грі;

То give Morrey his due, he did pretty well also. Having got over his first bouE of sunburn, bleeding feet and blistered hands, he stopped moaning and settled down to make the best of a bad bargain (K. -S. Prichard).

, The Fortives, according to their friends, made the best of a bad business (F. Danby).

"I can let you in." Making the best of a bad job, I unlocked the door and switched on the light (A. Cronin).

Hurstwood made the best of a bad lot by keeping on his clothes and pushing away the dirty covering from his head (Th. Dreiser).

The Irish are a philosophic as well as a practical race.

Their first and strongest impulse is to make the best of a bad situation — to put a better face on evil than it normally wears (Th. Dreiser).

The horsedealcr's offer, however, was the best that was to be had, and there was nothing to be done but to make the best of it (Ch. Collins).

640. make the best' of both worlds, to

Ірон. добре жити на цьому світі і сподіва­тися, що не гірше буде і на «тому»;

"І learnt at Oxford that this is the secret of the Englishman's strange power of making the best of both worlds (B. Shaw).

make the best of it, to див. М-639.

make the best of one's way, to (тж. заст. to make one's best way) нестися, леті­ ти, дуже поспішати;

Не ... made the best of his way out of the house (Th. Hardy).

make the blood boil, to див. М-503.

make the bull's eye, to див. Н-1401.

make the cup run over, to (тж. to make the cup of something overflow) пере­ повнити чашу, довершити діло, бути при­ чиною катастрофи [етим. першого виразу бібл.];

This was all that was wanted to make poor Tom's cup of bitterness run over (W. Thacleray),

The idea of settling the 'difficulty by a court-martial had, as Gemma and Micheie had foreseen, presented itself to him as the only satisfactory solution; and Cardinal Montanelli's stubborn refusal to countenance this was the last drop which made the cup of his vexations overflow (E. Voynich)..

make the domino, to див. М-368.

make the dust (або feathers, fur) fly, to амер. І) -зчиняти галас, сварку; 2) на­ кинутися на когось, розпікати когось; 3) енергійно працювати або діяти, працювати з запалом (тж. англ. to make things hum; сл. to put a jerk in it);

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So then I got a shovel, and then we picked and shovelled, turn about, and made the fur [ly (M. Twain).

I'd nave gone right into that house, and I would have made things hum (F. Norris).

make the eagle scream, to див. F-860.

make the ears tingle, to різати слух, вухо; оглушити.

*650- make the echoes ring, to викликати луну.

make the leathers (або fur) fly, to див. М-647.

make the grade, to взяти, подо­ лати підйом; перен. (первісна амер.) мати, зробити успіх у чомусь, домогтися свого; бути на належній висоті.

make the hat go round, to due. G-1762.

make the land, to наближатися до берега;

"They've never have made the land, sir, I'm thinking."

"Think not?" I queried. (J. London).

make the money fly (або spin), to див. М-553.

make the most of, to 1) вихвалятися (чимсь), перебільшувати (щось);

"Now Longfellow — " she was saying.

"Yes, I've read him," he broke in impulsively, spurred on to exhibit and make the most of his little store of book knowledge (J. London). ,

2) див. М-667, 1); 3) див. М-638.

657. make the most of it, to див. М-638 , та М-667, 1).

658. make the point (that), to наполягати на чомусь (як найбільш Істотному); під­ креслювати щось, вважати дуже важливим;

Perlo, quoting William Z. Foster, makes the point that another world war "would surely sound the death knell for the capitalist system" (M. & M., Oct., 1951).

The Supreme Soviet makes the point {hat "an agreement on ending tests can be achieved with comparative ease today, because the number of nuclear Powers is limited to three" (E>. W. L., April, 3, 1958).

659. make the port, to прийти в порт (про судно).

660. make the pot boil, to див. В-2366, 2) та К-280, 2).

make the riffle, to див. М-262.

make the round (або rounds) (of) to див. G-1796.

make the running, to 1) домогтися гарних результатів (про жокея або. скако­ вого коня); 2) перен. домогтися успіху; роз-.

почати Щось, готуючи грунт для інших учасників.

make the sun shine through, to 1) (something) продірявити щось, наробити дірок, отворів у чомусь; 2) (one) застре­ лити, убити (когось),

make the two ends of the year meet, to див. М-350.

make the welkin ring (або roar), to (тж. to rend the welkin) здіймати, стра­ шенний шум, галас; див. тж. R-365;

...His cousin Milly was there, ready to attend to all his wants, and Andy's cheerful voice made the "welkin ring" (F. Marryat).

667. make the worst of (it), to 1) пока­ зати, зобразити щось у найгіршому світлі (тж. to make the most of; to make the most of it);.

I dare say I made the worst of things, and reaily it wasn't so bad the first year and a half (E. Voynich).

2) зробити найважчу частину роботи,, викопати найнебезпечнішу частину якоїсь, операції, справи;

It was just seven, by my watch, when we weighed and started for home, so as to make the worst of the Strom at slack water, which we knew would be at eight (E. Poe).

3) зіпсувати всю справу.

make things hot for one, to див, M-434, 2).

make things hum, to див. М-647, 3).

make things lively for one, to наро­ бити комусь неприємностей, ^ насолити комусь, залити за шкуру сала.

make things warm for one, to див- M-434, 2).

make time, to амер. швидко просу­ ватися вперед (і прибути за розкладом), прибути за розкладом; перен. укластися в якийсь час, знайти час для чогось;

"Shall we have time to see all the show places tomorrow?"

"We shall make time" (I. Tracy).

"Do you think we might make time to go a little-round in that direction, Susan?" inquired Poily. when they halted to take breath (Ch. Dickens).

673. make (one) tired, to набриднути, на­ докучити (комусь), остогиднути;

"You make me tired," he broke out finally. "You stiffs make me goddamned tired" (A. Maltz).

674. make tracks, to 1) (away) див. B-43I; 2) (for one, something) сл. переслі­ дувати {когось, щось).

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675. make tracks (for some place), to сл. направлятися, прямувати, їхати (нудись);

Tom, why don't you make tracks lor Canada? (H. Beecher Stowe).

676. make two bites of a cherry, to 1) ді­ литися чимсь дуже малим, ділити щось не­ велике на частини;

І reckon you will be selling out the whole — it's needless making two bites of a cherry (W. Scott).

Take it all, man — take it all — never make two bites of a cherry (W. Scott).

2) докладати великих зусиль до дуже лег­кої справи; 3) бути жадним, скупитися; див. тж. S-1246;

"A thousand pounds!" exclaimed Captain See-fencooper, as he recovered his breath.— "Come, that's a good one—I like a fellow that does not take two bites of a cherry" (W. Scott).

make two ends meet, to див. М-350.

make up a Hp, to див. М-152.

make up a purse, to див. М-249.

make (one) up for (something), to компенсувати;

I've been a better mother than many a woman would have been, and I've tried very hard to make up to you for the loss of a mother (C. Hamil­ton).

681. make up .for lost (або wasted) time [тж. to make up for the time lost (або was­ ted)] надолужити, компенсувати втрачений час;

Let's make up for lost time. I'll not be happy till I've given you the time of your life (A. Cro-nin).

So the train crawled its slow way frotn the Terminus to the Nord, and then started rattling, shaking, shrieking, as if it were driven to make up for wasted time (F. Danby).

Edgar Alexander Pollard worked at maximum speed, endeavouring to make up for the time he had lost at the Number Four stack ID. Carter).

make up leeway, to див. L-466,

make up one's abode, to див. М-488.

make up on&'s face, to І) театр, за- гримувати(ся); 2) напудрити лице і підкра­ сити губи, «навести косметику»;

When she had closed the suitcase, she made up her face and put on her coat (A. Maitz).

make up one's habitation, to due. M-488.

make up one's mind, to прийняти рі­ шення, вирішити, зважитися;

They've made up their minds to finish him first and make their profits after (A. Cronin),

687. make up one's (або the) mouth, to

заст. з'їсти на кінець найсмачнішу страву.

make up one's quarters (або residen­ ce), to див. М-488.

make up the mouth, to див. М-687.

make up the purse, to див. M-249,2).

make up the slate, to амер. політ, за­ здалегідь, таємно намічати кандидатів.

make up the time, to економити, за­ ощаджувати час;

Не would, of course, make up the time by omitting to shave, which struck him now as it frequently did... (A. Cronin).

make up with, to див. М-388, 1).

make use of (one, something), to [тж. to put (one, something) to use] вико­ ристати, скористатися (кимсь, чимсь); див. тж. Т-2246;

They did not know what use to make of their {acuities, being both, through want of practice, incapable of independent thought (V. Conrad).

You have a talent which you can put to use (F. Marryat).

695. make (або levy) war (against або on), to [тж. to wage war (against, on, with}] вести війну, воювати (проти когось);

So you can make war on the Egyptians in the name of Rome, and on the Romans — on me, if necessary —in the name of Egypt? (B. Shaw).

make water, to 1) дати течу, потікти (про корабель тощо); 2) мочитися [етим. фр. fairc de Геаи].

make way, to 1) (for) 'розступитися, розсунутися, дати дорогу, пропустити, по­ ступитися місцем {тж. заст. to give way to);

"Make way," hissed the other, "or I'll knock you into the ditch" (A. Cronin).

2) просуватися вперед, рухатися (про ко­ рабель, автомашину тощо)-

Some days she [= the ship} made little way; others she was driven actually back (R. Steven­son).

3) мати успіх, робити успіхи в чомусь (тж. to make one's way); 4) див. М-572, 3).

make white black, to див. С-77.

make whoopee, to амер. розм. шумно веселитися, голосно реготати, сміятися.

make words, to 1) розмовляти; зга­ дувати; 2) шотл. багато говорити,

make work, to див. М-339.

make worms' meat (out) of one, to знищити, занапастити когось;

Rummy old England. Pox on you, you old bitch, you've made worms' meat of us (R. Alding­ton).

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703. make (one) yawn, to наганяти нудь­гу, сон (на когось).

" 704. male necessities предмети чоловічого туалету.

'705. male (або masculine, single) rhyme „ чоловіча рима (рима з наголосом на остан­ньому складі); див. тж. D-697.

male screw див. Е-388.

mamma's darling (тж. mamma's dar­ ling chick) матусин синок, мамій; матусина дочка;'

Come on back, you poor little mamma's darling .(J. London).

Remained George Augustus, dear Mamma's darling chick, prayed at her knee, and was Hogged regularly once a month by dear Papa (R. Alding­ton).

^ 708. mammon (або /Mammon) of unright­eousness, the гроші, багатство [етим. бібл.];

Не glided, like night, from lent to tent, from house to house, making himself friends, but not with the Mammon of unrighteousness (W. Scott).

709. man about town, а денді, світська людина; жуїр;

Me had been pointed out as a very successful and well-known man about town (Th. Dreiser).

710. man alive! розм. І) швидше, жва­ віше!;

2) чорт забери!, боже мій!, оце так!, ось тобі І маєш! (вигук здивування, досади тощо);.

"Man alive!" he said suddenly, "what's happened to your head? Have you had a blow?" (A. Cronin).

711. man and a brother, а ближній;

"There is something about publishers," he added, "which makes one doubt sometimes whether they are men and brothers" (J. Galsworthy).

712. man and boy (тж. boy and man} з молодих років, з юнацької пори;

Man and' boy I've seen that place change owners four mortal times (G. Bullett).

man at the wheel, the рульовий, стер­ новий; перин, керівник, керманич.

man (або sailor) before the mast, a рядовий матрос; див. тж. S-I9;

Do I look like a man before the mast? (R. Ste­venson).

I was a sailor before the mast (I. London).

715. man can die but once, а присл. ^ двом смертям не бути, а одної не минути;

Suppose he should have a pistol, he can kill but one of us, and a man can die but once.—That's my comfort, a man can die but once (Я. Field­ing).