English-Azerbaijani dictionary

make amends

to do something to improve the situation after doing something wrong, stupid etc: He gave her a present to make amends for his rudeness.

az: səhvini düzəltmək, günahını yumaq

ru: заглаживать вину

make an example of

to punish as a warning to others: The judge decided to make an example of the young thief and sent him to prison for five years.
az: ibrət dərsi vermək
ru: наказать в назидание другим

make believe

to pretend (that): The children made believe they were animals.
az: yalandan özünü göstərmək, oxşatmaq
ru: притворяться, воображать (себя)

make certain

to act so that, or check that, something is sure: Make certain you arrive early; I think he’s asleep, but you’d better make certain.
az: əmin olmaq

ru: удостовериться

make do 

(with with)

to use something as a poor-quality or temporary alternative to the real thing: There’s no meat, so we’ll have to make do with potatoes.
az: qane olmaq
ru: довольствоваться (чем-л)

make for phrasal verb

to go towards: We were making for home when something unusual happened.
az: yollanmaq, yönəlmək
ru: направляться

make friends (with)

to start a friendly relationship; to become friends with someone: The child tried to make friends with the dog.
az: dostlaşmaq

ru: подружиться

make fun of

to laugh at (someone, usually unkindly): They made fun of her.
az: məzələnmək, istehza etmək

ru: насмехаться над

make good

1 to be successful: Through hard work and ability, he soon made good.
az: uğur qazanmaq, bacarmaq
ru: преуспевать
2 to repair or compensate for (loss, damages etc): The damage you caused to my car must be made good.
az: ödəmək
ru: возмещать

make great strides

to progress well: He's making great strides in his piano-playing.
az: böyük uğur qazanmaq 
ru: делать большие успехи

make haste

to hurry: I made haste to the church.
az: tələsmək

ru: торопиться

make head or tail of

to understand: I can't make head or tail of these instructions.
az: baş açmaq
ru: разобраться

make headway

to make progress: We're not making much headway with this new scheme.
az: uğur qazanmaq; irəliləmək
ru: делать успехи

make heavy weather of

to find it very (often unnecessarily) difficult to do (something): She’s making heavy weather of typing that letter.
az: çətinləşdirmək
ru: раздувать трудности

make history

to do something very important, especially to be the first to do something: The Wright brothers made history when they were the first to fly an aeroplane.
az: tarix yazmaq; tarixə düşmək

ru: творить историю, войти в историю