make out

make out
I phrvi
1) infml esp AmE

How did he make out while his wife was away? — Как он управлялся, когда его жена была в отъезде?

How did you make out? — Ну, как успехи?

Don't worry, I'll make out — Не беспокойтесь, я справлюсь

How are things making out? — Как идут дела?

How are you making out in your new job? — Как у тебя дела на новой работе?

2) infml esp AmE

Whatever profession this young man chooses, I'm sure he'll make out all right — Какую бы профессию ни выбрал этот молодой человек, я уверен, что он везде добьется успеха

The firm wasn't making out as well as was hoped — Дела у фирмы шли не так хорошо, как надеялись

When we see how you make out, we will talk about the possibility of more lasting employment — Когда мы увидим, что дела у вас идут успешно, то можно будет поговорить о работе на более продолжительный срок

3) sl

The guy seems to be making out — Мне кажется, что этот парень с девочками не промах

4) sl esp AmE

He started making out when he was fourteen — Он начал зажиматься с девочками, когда ему было четырнадцать

She didn't want to make out, so she left — Она не хотела ни с кем зажиматься, поэтому ушла

5) vulg sl esp AmE

The place was full of lovers making out on the grass — Там было полно влюбленных, занимавшихся сексом прямо на траве

II phrvt infml
1)

Can you make out what he's trying to say? — Ты можешь понять, что он хочет сказать?

I can't make out what he wants — Я не понимаю, что он хочет

I can't make her out at all — Я не могу понять, что она за человек

I just can't make it out — Я просто не понимаю

I can't make out what it's all about — Никак не могу понять, в чем тут дело

I can't make out why she left — Ума не приложу, почему она ушла

2)

He's not as bad as they make him out to be — Он не такой уж плохой, как его изображают

He tried to make out it was my fault — Он пытался представить дело так, будто это я виноват

He makes out he's younger than me — Он хочет доказать, что он моложе меня

He made out that he has been badly treated — Он утверждал, что к нему плохо относились

She made out she had never heard of me — Она сделала вид, что никогда не слышала обо мне

You can't make out that we haven't tried to help you — Вы не можете сказать, что мы не пытались вам помочь

3)

How do you make that out? — С чего ты это взял?

Someone from the floor asked the speaker how he made that out — Один из присутствовавших спросил оратора, каким образом тот пришел к такому выводу


Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . . 2003.

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  • make out — {v.} 1. To write the facts asked for (as in an application blank or a report form); fill out. * /The teacher made out the report cards and gave them to the students to take home./ * /Mrs. Smith gave the clerk in the store some money and the clerk …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make out — {v.} 1. To write the facts asked for (as in an application blank or a report form); fill out. * /The teacher made out the report cards and gave them to the students to take home./ * /Mrs. Smith gave the clerk in the store some money and the clerk …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make\ out — v 1. To write the facts asked for (as in an application blank or a report form); fill out. The teacher made out the report cards and gave them to the students to take home. Mrs. Smith gave the clerk in the store some money and the clerk made out… …   Словарь американских идиом

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