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make
make for（tr）向……走去：
The escaped prisoner was making for the coast.
越狱犯正向海岸逃去。
make off（intr） 逃跑（指贼等）：
The boys made off when they saw the policemen.
男孩子们一看见警察，就拔腿跑了。
make out（tr）
（a）弄清意义，清楚地理解、看见、听见等：
I can't make out the dress，he has written it so badly.（make the address out/make it out）
我看不清地址，他写得太潦草了。
Can you hear what the man with the loud-hailer is saying？I can't makeit out at all.
你听得出那个拿着电喇叭的人在说什么吗？我一点也听不清楚。
I can't make out why he isn't here yet.
我搞不明白他为什么还没有到这儿来。
（b）说（可能是瞎说，也可能是夸大其辞）：
He made out that he was a student looking for a job.We later learnt thatthis wasn't true at all.
他说他是个在找工作的大学生。后来我们获悉这根本不是事实。
The English climate isn't so bad as some people like to make out.
英国的天气不像某些人喜欢说的那么糟。
（c）开支票：
Customer：Who shall I make it out to？
顾客：我支票抬头怎么写？
Shopkeeper：Make it out to Jones and Company.
店主：就写付给琼斯公司好了。
make up one's mind 下定决心，做出决定，做出决断：
In the end he made up his mind to go by train.
最后他决定坐火车去。
make up a quarrel/make it up 终止争吵，言归于好：
Isn't it time you and Ann made up your quarrel？（made it up）
不是到了你和安该言归于好的时候了吗？
make up a story/excuse/explanation 捏造，编出一个故事/借口/解释：
I don't believe your story at all.I think you are just making it up.
我根本不信你说的事。我认为你不过是在编造。
make up（tr/intr） 化妆，化装：
Most women make up/make up their faces.（make their faces up/makethem up）
妇女大多数都化妆。
Actors have to be made up before they appear on stage.
演员们在出场前必需有人给他们化装。
make up（tr） 调制，配药，制造，由……组成：
Take this prescription to the chemist's.They will make it up for you there.（make up the prescription/make the prescription up）
把这药方拿到药房。他们会给你配药的。
Notice（in tailor's window）：Customers'own materials made up.
（裁缝店橱窗内的）告示：为顾客来料加工。
The audience was made up of very young children.
观众都是很小的孩子们。
make up for（tr） 为……补偿（常以it为宾语）：
You'll have to work very hard today to make up for the time you wasted yesterday/to make up for being late yesterday.
为了补偿昨天你们浪费的时间/为了补偿昨天你们迟到一事，今天你们得非常努力地干活。
We aren't allowed to drink when we are in training but we intend to make up for it after the race is over.
我们在训练期间不许喝酒，但是我们准备一旦比赛结束就将其补上。
（到那时要多喝些）
miss
miss out（tr） 省略（参见 leave out；它虽与 leave out 同义，但不如后者常用）
mix
mix up（tr） 混淆，弄乱：
He mixed up the addresses so that no one got the right letters.（mixed them up）
他把地址都弄乱了，收信人收到的信件都错了。
be/get mixed up with 涉入，与……有牵连（常指同某不光彩的人或事有牵连）：
I don't want to get mixed up with any illegal organization.
我不想同什么不合法的组织牵连在一起。
move
move in（intr） 搬家到……，搬进，迁入
move on/up（intr） 升迁，升级：
Normally in schools pupils move up every year.
在学校里学生正常情况下每年都升级。
move out（intr） 搬出，迁出：
I have found a new flat.The present tenant is moving out this weekend and I am moving in on Wednesday.
我找到新的套房了。目前的住户本周末搬出去，我下星期三搬进去。
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