Phrasal verb make

Question 1

make out something (make something out)
I couldn’t make out a word he was saying

Answer 1

understand something, especially why something has happened

Question 2

make out someone (make someone out)
Jack is behaving very strangely at the moment. I just can’t make him out.

Answer 2

understand why someone behaves as they do

Question 3

Make out something/someone
I can’t make out why my computer won’t let me save this document

Answer 3

be able to see or hear something or someone with difficulty

Question 4

Make up something (or make something up)
Sally didn’t want to go to the concert, so she make up an excuse about being ill

Answer 4

say or write something that is not true in order to deceive

Question 5

Make up something (make something up)
The children loved uncle Bob because he was so good at making up new games

Answer 5

Invent something, e.g. a story or a game

Question 6

Make up something
The class has an interesting make - up, with students from three continents and twelve different countries

Answer 6

form the whole of something

Question 7

Make up for something
The wonderful food in the restaurant made up for the rather uncomfortable seats

Answer 7

provide something good in order to make a bad situation better

Question 8

Make it up to sb
I forgot Teresa’s birthday yesterday so I’ll have to take her somewhere nice to make it up to her

Answer 8

do something good for someone who you have done something bad to in the past, or to someone who has done something good for you.