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21 make way (for)
(to stand aside and leave room (for): The crowd parted to make way for the ambulance.) zrobić przejście -
22 make a meal of (something)
(to take more than the necessary amount of time or trouble over (something) or make (it) seem more complicated than it really is: He really made a meal of that job - it took him four hours!) celebrować -
23 make a meal of (something)
(to take more than the necessary amount of time or trouble over (something) or make (it) seem more complicated than it really is: He really made a meal of that job - it took him four hours!) celebrować -
24 make amends
(to do something to improve the situation after doing something wrong, stupid etc: He gave her a present to make amends for his rudeness.) naprawiać szkody, wynagradzać -
25 make (both) ends meet
(not to get into debt: The widow and her four children found it difficult to make ends meet.) wiązać koniec z końcem -
26 make do
( with with) (to use something as a poor-quality or temporary alternative to the real thing: There's no meat, so we'll have to make do with potatoes.) zastąpić, zadowolić się -
27 make (both) ends meet
(not to get into debt: The widow and her four children found it difficult to make ends meet.) wiązać koniec z końcem -
28 make up one's mind
(to make a decision: He finally made up his mind about the job.) zdecydować się -
29 make/pull a face
(to twist one's face into a strange expression: She pulled faces at the baby to make it laugh.) robić miny -
30 the last person
(a person who is very unlikely or unwilling to do a particular thing, or to whom it would be unwise or dangerous to do a particular thing: I'm the last person to make a fuss, but you should have told me all the same; He's the last person you should offend.) ostatnia osoba -
31 make a clean sweep
(to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) pozbywać się -
32 make history
(to do something very important, especially to be the first to do something: The Wright brothers made history when they were the first to fly an aeroplane.) przejść do historii -
33 make one's way
1) (to go: They made their way towards the centre of the town.) ruszyć2) (to get on in the world.) radzić sobie w życiu -
34 make a bee-line for
(to take the most direct way to; to go immediately to: Fred always makes a bee-line for the prettiest girl at a party.) udać się najkrótszą drogą do -
35 make short work of
(to dispose of very quickly: The children made short work of the ice-cream.) rozprawić się szybko z -
36 make up to
(to try to gain the favour or love of by flattery etc: She's always making up to the teacher by bringing him presents.) podlizywać się -
37 make a fool of oneself
(to act in such a way that people consider one ridiculous or stupid: She made a fool of herself at the party.) zbłaźnić/wygłupić się -
38 make a mountain out of a molehill
(to exaggerate the importance of a problem etc.) robić z igły widłyEnglish-Polish dictionary > make a mountain out of a molehill
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39 make allowance for
(to take into consideration when deciding etc: We've made allowance for the fact that everyone has different tastes.) brać poprawkę na -
40 make believe
(to pretend (that): The children made believe they were animals.) udawać
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