Make - Do

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make	do
= to create something that didn't exist comes into being	= to perform
make breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert make a telephone call make a fuss, a scene make a mess make noise, a sound make an appointment make an asssumption make an attempt make changes make a choice make a comparison make a complaint make a decision make a demand make a difference make an effort make an exception make an excuse make friends make fun of someone make a judgment make a law make a mistake make an offer make plans make progress make a promise make a request make a speech make a suggestion make time make a will make love make peace make war make ends meet make a contribution make money make a profit make payments make the best of it, make the most of it	What do you do? I'm a teacher. Do your work. Do your job. That's a job well-done. We do business with that company. do homework do an exercise do housework do the dishes do laundry do the cooking do the shopping do your makeup do your hair do exercises do me a favor do your duty do me the honor (of) do your part do your share do an experiment do a mile in four minutes That does the trick. do a crime do damage do drugs do evil do harm do 10 years do right, do wrong do good, do bad do your best
= to force; to cause	= auxiliary verb
I like to make Mama happy. Make the student do his work. Make her promise to help. Make them sit down. That makes sense. He made it clear, plain. He made it known. That makes my day. We made good on our promise. Practice makes perfect.	Do you have any children? Yes, I do. No, I don't. Did you do the shopping? Yes, I did. No, I didn't. They did the shopping, didn't they?
two meanings	= to manage
A carpenter makes (creates) a bed out of wood. We make our bed every morning when we arrange the covers.	Will this book do? = Can you manage with this book? It will have to do.= I have no better alternative.
= to reach
to make it in time We made it to New York in just under four hours. He made colonel. She made the team. She will make a fine doctor. Two and two makes four. We will make do with what we have. = We will reach our goal even if we don't have everything we would like to have.
etc.
I'm going to fix lunch. = I'm going to make a sandwich for lunch.	Let's do lunch. = Let's have lunch together.