1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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mail out
Every year they mail their catalogue out to over 100,000 customers. mail out sth^
mail sth out

Go to the post office and
ask how much it’d cost to
mail out 1,000 brochures.

✍  see also:^ send out^

major in
When Tim studied for his BA at university, he majored in English
literature and his minor was linguistics.

major in sth

Why did she decide to
major in media studies at
university?

✍ ^

make into
The first Harry Potter book was very popular. It was made into a movie
and the movie made the actor who played Harry into a star.

(be) made into sth

make sth/sb into sth

Our new CEO plans to
make our small company
into a big corporation.

✍  see also: turn into

make of
Anyone who works hard and makes good decisions should make a
success of a new business.

make sth of sth

To be successful, we have
to make the most of the
opportunities we have.

✍ 

make of
What did you make of Ananda’s talk on internet marketing? Do you
think it was worth listening to?

make of sth/sb

make sth of sth/sb

Our new accountant’s a
bit strange. I’m not quite
sure what to make of her.

✍  see also:^ think of^

make out
His handwriting isn’t very clear and it’s difficult to read. Can you make
this word out?

make sth out

make out sth

If you can’t make out
what a customer is saying,
ask for help.

✍  see also:^ figure out^

make up
My daughter is really good at making up stories and says she wants to
write movie scripts when she grows up.

make up sth

make sth up

Our son made the whole
story up to get out of
doing his exam today.

✍ ^ see also:^ come up with,^

cook up (inf), think up

make up
Tom and Kathy often argue, but they always make up afterwards by
talking things through and apologising to each other.

make up

make up with sb

Did you make up with Joe
after the fight, or are you
still mad at each other?

✍  see also:^ patch (things)

up, smooth (things) over

make up for
Cathy couldn’t come to work for two days last week, so she wants to
make up for it by working overtime this week.

make up for sth

We’ll have to make up for
lost production due to the
problems with machinery.

✍ ^

map out
Before she’d finished high school, Naomi knew what she wanted to do
in life and she’d even mapped out a career path for herself.

map out sth

map sth out

Our new manager has
mapped out several roads
to growth in the future.

✍ ^