Expressions with 'Make' and 'In'

Verb Expressions (Make)

• "Make" indicates creation, production, or achieving something through effort.
• Examples: building a house, producing a cake, making progress, forcing someone to do something.
• Expressions:
  • "Make head or tail of sth": understand something.
  • "Make a meal of sth": exaggerate or spend excessive time/effort on something.
  • "Make amends": correct a bad situation.
  • "Make provision for": prepare for something.
  • "Make ends meet": manage finances.
  • "Make up for lost time": compensate for wasted time.

Phrases - Expressions With "Make"

• Common phrases illustrate the wide range of uses for "make."
• Examples: "make a profit/loss," "make a recovery/living," "make a difference," "make an effort/choice," "make a good impression."

Expressions With "In"

• "In" often conveys a state of being within something or a connection to something else.
• Examples: being "in" someone's character, being "in" a situation, being "in" someone's future.

Prepositions

• Prepositions are used to show relationships between words.
• Examples: "on behalf of," "at the thought of," "in comparison to," "in the interest of."

Phrasal Verbs

• Phrasal verbs combine a verb with a preposition or adverb to create a new meaning.
• Examples: "back down" (yield), "ask after" (inquire about someone's well-being), "break off" (stop talking), "add up" (make sense).

Idioms - Expressions With Body Parts (I)

• Idioms use body parts metaphorically to create specific meanings.
• "Hand" expressions:
  • "Be an old hand": be experienced.
  • "Get out of hand": lose control.
  • "Give sb a big hand": applaud enthusiastically.
  • "At the hands of": experience unpleasant treatment from someone.

Idioms - Expressions With Body Parts (II)

• "Heart" expressions:
  • "With a heavy heart": sadly.
  • "Take sth to heart": be upset or influenced by something.
  • "Set one's heart on": desire strongly.
  • "Win the hearts and minds of": gain support or popularity.

Idioms - Expressions With Body Parts (III)

• "Head" expressions:
  • "Be over one's head": be too difficult to understand.
  • "Keep/lose one's head": remain calm/panic.
  • "Get sth into/out of one's head": begin/stop believing something.

Idioms - Expressions With Body Parts (IV)

• "Eye" expressions:
  • "See eye to eye": agree.
  • "Catch sb's eye": attract someone's attention.
  • "Keep an eye on sb/sth": watch, look after.
  • "(Never) set eyes on sb/sth": never see before/see (emphatic).
  • "Bring matters to a head": bring matters to a climax.

Additional Idioms and Expressions

• Expressions using body parts and other elements create vivid imagery.
• Examples: "cost an arm and a leg" (be expensive), "not have a leg to stand on" (lack a valid argument), "keep at arm's length" (maintain distance).

Collocations

• Collocations are words that frequently occur together.
• Examples: "false address," "artificial flowers," "fake money," "mock exam."