I worked on the exercises concerning verbs and idioms with "make and do" today, which we did in class last time. Here are the ones I want to remember and use:
do a good/bad turn: ( to do something that is helpful or unhelpful for someone)
syn: to do a favor
You did me a good turn by driving Molly home last night.
She was only trying to do me a good turn.
be done for: (INF) ( to be in serious troubles or likely to fail)
If we get caught, we're done for.
Alone in the Ghettos of New York, I realised that I was done for.
make amends: syn: make up for, pay penance
He seized the chance to make amends for his behavior.
He tried to make amends for what he's done.
make off with: syn: to steal and take away
Thives broke into the house and made of with several sumptuous items.
do up:
- decorate: The appartment was done up in a special style.
- to fasten: Do up your coat or you'll get cold.
- repair, improve: They did up and old cottage in the outskirts of Graz.
- to be done (shoes): Your shoes need doing up (need to be done), otherwise you'll trip over the laces.
do away with: syn: get rid of, stop
Do you agree that all examinations should be done away with?
I thought the discussion would do away with preconseptions.
Dienstag, 3. April 2007
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