Hi, everybody. Welcome back to www.engvid.com. I'm Adam. In today's video, I'm
going to give you some more phrasal verbs
because everybody loves to learn about phrasal verbs. And today, we're going to look
at phrasal verbs with "make". So, again, a quick review. Phrasal verb is a verb
and a preposition that work together as one
unit to have different meanings. And again, some phrasal
verbs will have more than one meaning,
unrelated, and you just need to learn these like you
would learn new vocabulary. Okay? So, we have a whole bunch here. Let's start with "make up". So, now, "make up", you
can use in different ways. You can make someone
up or something up. And there's another
way we're going to look at that, but for here, "make
up" means basically put on makeup. Put on... Make something prettier. And in this case, "make
up" would be one word. The stuff you put on your face to make
yourself look pretty is called "make up". So, you can make
up your face, that's the verb, separate words,
"make", one word, "up", second word. "Make up your face"
means put on makeup. Now, you can also do with a
hyphen a "make up" something. In this case, it's an adjective. So, like a makeup exam. If you're doing a makeup exam, that means
you missed it, and now you're doing it in its place. You're replacing the one
you missed, in other words. So, you can make up your exam. You can take a makeup exam,
and that's how that's going to work. Now, you can also
make up for something. So, you can make
up for the lost test, but generally, we use
this to say you're a little bit fixing something, right? So, if... Let's say we had a date, and I went to the
restaurant, and I sat down, and you didn't come. So, of course, I'm feeling
very upset and a little bit angry. So, you want to make it up. You want to make up
for that, I guess, insult. It's a little bit rude
not to show up. So, how will you do that? Maybe you will take me
out for an even nicer dinner. So, make up for
something bad you did, fix it, or give some sort
of repayment, in a way. If you make up with someone, so that person
who didn't come to the restaurant, maybe we got into a fight or an argument about it,
and now we are going to make up with each other, means we're
going to fix the relationship. We're going to end the dispute, end
the fight, and become friends again. So, if you make up with someone,
you end the fight, you become... You have good relations again. If you make something up, it means
you're creating a fictional story, right? So, the teacher asked
me why did I come late, but I didn't really
have a good excuse, so I just made up a
story about the dog. You know, my dog
jumped on me, and he cut my eye, and I had to
go to the hospital, and by the time I came to class,
class had already started. So, I make up a story,
make up a tale, etc. So, that's "make up". You're going to see "make
up" a little bit again afterwards. Now, you can make it across, you can make
it through, you can make it into or in, you can make it down, up, or to. All of them, very
different meanings. So, you can make it
across, for example, you have a lake, and you
take the boat, or you swim and you make it
across to the other side. If you're coming to
the border, you're a little bit worried because
you don't have your, you know, your COVID vaccine proof. You're not sure if you'll
make it across the border. So, you basically, there's a line,
and you're making it across the border. Make it through, if you
make it through something, like make it through an
event, make it through a speech, make it through a
wedding, means you survived, right? So, a lot of people
think that they're going to stand in front of a
whole group of people, and they might
not make it through. They might not finish their speech
because they'll be too nervous. Or you took a course, it was very
difficult, but you made it through. You completed it, you survived it,
you graduated, you move on from there. When you apply to
join something, like let's say you're applying
to university, and then you get your acceptance letter,
means you made it into the university. You made it into, you were
accepted, and/or you just made it in. "Into" or "in", both are okay. "Into" will usually have the
place or the situation after it. So, I applied to university, I
applied to Harvard, and I made it in. Or, I applied to university,
and I made it into Harvard. So, "into" include
the destination. "In" just means accepted. Down up to, like when
you're talking about going somewhere, so
I live in the south, and my friend lives in the
north, so I say, "Can you make it down this
weekend?", means come south. "No, but he can't make
it down this weekend, so I will try to make
it up to his place next weekend." If you're going north,
you make it up to that north place, make it
down to the south place, or just make it to the place,
means arrive at, get to that place. "Make after", now this one is a little bit
tricky, because you're not going to hear it very often. It's a... I think it's a
little bit formal. So, if you make after
someone, basically you're trying to get to them,
you're chasing them, or you're trying to get a particular target
or goal, so you make after that goal, you try to catch, try to
achieve that goal. A little bit formal, not so commonly
used, but you might hear it. "Make over", to make something over or to
make over something is basically to change it, usually to make it
better, and once that's done, that thing or
that person has received a makeover, which is one word. So, especially when
you think about, like, fashion or makeup, you
go to a salon and you get a makeover, means
the stylist, I guess, will do your hair, maybe do
some makeup, manicure, pedicure, all that stuff, and then
you come out like a new person. You can also give
your house a makeover. You paint the walls, you get new furniture,
all this stuff, like you have a new house. That's the makeover. "Make away with" or "make off
with" basically mean the same thing. So, for example, if I invested in the stock
market, at the end of the year, my friend asked me, "So, how did you do? What did you make away with? How much was the result?" Right? So, that's what basically,
"to make away with" or "to make off with"
to get a certain result. Often used with money. So, I made off... The thieves, for example,
made off with $100,000. Thieves robbed the
bank, and then in the news, they say, "Oh, they
successfully robbed the bank and made off with
$10,000,000 in cash." Or they made away
with $10,000,000 in cash. "Make for", "make towards"
means go in the direction of. So, make for the highway, once
you get there, go north for 10 miles. Just make towards the highway, when
you see it, head north, go for 10 miles. Essentially the same,
"make for" I think is a little bit more common
than "make towards". Again, if you're giving
directions, if you're in a new city and
you ask for directions, someone may say, "Okay,
you see that tower over there? Okay, make towards that." When you get there, turn right, turn left,
and you'll see the place you're going for. Make of something. Basically, make of something. What do you make
of the new movie? What do you think about? What is your opinion? What is your
judgment of something? So, if you make, what do you... Most commonly used in a question, "What do
you make of whatever it is you're talking about?" I'm not sure what to make of it. I hated it and I loved it at the same
time, I don't know how that works. Make out. Now, okay, one meaning, "to make out" is
similar to "make away" or "make of" with. So, how did you make out
this quarter in the stock market? How did you make out? What was your result? Okay? But you can also
make out with a person. If a boy and a girl, or boy-boy, girl-girl,
I don't know, these days, anything's okay. If they're making out,
means they're like, you know, kissing, and
touching, and fooling around. Fooling around is another
phrasal verb, by the way. You can make out with
someone, you can just do physical things
with, a little bit naughty things that are okay or not. So, make out, result, or
fool around with somebody. And there you go. A lot of new phrasal
verbs for you. Remember, study
them like vocabulary, just practice, practice, and
keep them in a notebook. Also, go to the
www.engvid.com website, there's a quiz, make sure you
understand all of these by filling in the quiz forms, and ask
any questions there that you have as well. Okay? And come back next time, I'll give you more
phrasal verbs, more expressions, more lots, lots more interesting
English expressions to learn. See you then.
