make a speech
51Make It Happen (song) — Infobox Single Name = Make It Happen Artist = Mariah Carey from Album = Emotions Released = April 4 1992Specify|date=June 2007 Format = CD single, CD maxi single, cassette single, cassette maxi single, 7 single, 12 single Recorded = Genre = Pop,… …
52make of — phrasal or make over dialect : to praise lavishly : show much affection for I like to be made of paused to make over the baby felt loved and made over * * * make of [phrasal verb …
53make out — 1) do, progress How did you make out at your job interview yesterday? 2) understand, interpret I can never make out what he wants to say when he phones me. 3) distinguish, identify The ship captain couldn t make out the other boat because of the… …
54speech day — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms speech day : singular speech day plural speech days British a formal occasion at a school when students get prizes and people make speeches …
55make amends for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …
56make it — (from Idioms in Speech) (a) to succeed in traversing a certain distance; to reach the station in time to catch the train; to complete something in the allotted time set; With a bit of luck we should be there in about half an hour. We might even… …
57make up for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …
58make a fuss about — • to make a fuss about • to make a fuss over (from Idioms in Speech) to complain or be angry about unimportant things Don t make such a fuss, Mother, he whispered, on the platform, after she had kissed him. I ve only been away a short time. (G.… …
59make a fuss over — • to make a fuss about • to make a fuss over (from Idioms in Speech) to complain or be angry about unimportant things Don t make such a fuss, Mother, he whispered, on the platform, after she had kissed him. I ve only been away a short time. (G.… …
60make a mess of — MISMANAGE, mishandle, bungle, fluff, spoil, ruin, wreck; informal mess up, botch, make a hash of, muck up, foul up; Brit. informal make a pig s ear of, make a Horlicks of, cock up. → mess * * * make a mess of : to ruin (something) or to make many …