Complete the sentences with the prepositions below. (Вставьте предлоги.)
up, off with, out, of, up for
1 Stephen gave his sister a big bunch of roses to make ............ forgetting her birthday.
2 One minute my next-door neighbour is really nice to me, and the next he's extremely rude; I don't know what to make ............ him!
3 According to the newspaper report, the thieves made ............ goods worth over ten thousand pounds.
4 Can you make ............ what it says here? The letters are too small for me to read.
5 You don't need to make ............ an excuse for being late; just tell your teacher the truth.
Значения: make up for — компенсировать; make of — «думать, понимать»; make off with — удрать с чем-то (украсть); make out — разобрать, прочитать; make up — выдумать.
- Букет роз, чтобы загладить то, что забыл о дне рождения: make up for.
- «Не знаю, что о нём думать»: make of him.
- Воры скрылись с товарами: made off with.
- Разобрать мелкие буквы: make out.
- Не придумывай оправдание: make up an excuse.
