Translations for „make out“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

I . make out VB intr

1. make out inf (succeed, cope):

make out person

справля́ться

2. make out vulg (have sex):

to make out with sb

занима́ться се́ксом с кем-ли́бо

II . make out VB trans

1. make out inf (pretend):

to make sb out to be sth

де́лать вид, притворя́ться

he made himself out to be rich

он де́лал вид, что бога́т

2. make out (claim):

to make out that …

утвержда́ть, дока́зывать

3. make out (discern):

make out writing, numbers

разбира́ть

make out in the distance

различа́ть

make out in the distance

распознава́ть

4. make out (write out):

to make out a cheque

выпи́сывать чек кому́-ли́бо

Phrases:

to make out a case for sth Aus, Brit

обосно́вывать что-ли́бо

to make out a case for sth Aus, Brit

доказа́ть что-ли́бо

Usage examples with make out

to make out that …

утвержда́ть, дока́зывать

to make out with sb

занима́ться се́ксом с кем-ли́бо

to make out a cheque

выпи́сывать чек кому́-ли́бо

to make sth out of sth

де́лать что-ли́бо из чего́-ли́бо

to make out a blank check fig

дава́ть по́лную свобо́ду де́йствий

to make capital (out) of sth

нажи́ть капита́л на чём-ли́бо

to make out a case for sth Aus, Brit

обосно́вывать что-ли́бо

to make an all-out effort

приложи́ть ма́ксимум уси́лий

to make a monkey out of sb

насмеха́ться [или подшу́чивать] над кем-ли́бо

to make sb out to be sth

де́лать вид, притворя́ться

to make a (big) thing out sth inf

поднима́ть большо́й шум из-за чего́-ли́бо

to make a virtue (out) of sth

ста́вить себе́ в заслу́гу что-ли́бо

to make a mountain out of a molehill

де́лать из му́хи слона́

you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear proverbial

горба́того (одна́) моги́ла испра́вит

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In the dim, starlit courtyard, they make out the figures of a man and a woman lying in two separate charpoy cots, sleeping.

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We were barely able to make out subjects that were reasonably well lit by streetlamps or other ambient sources.

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Now and then, we can vaguely make out a traffic sign or a small place name.

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Even my powers can not clearly make out his figure, but he knows the future and can manipulate both evil and heavenly stars.

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Cockatiel speech often comes out as a whistle when they do enunciate, the voice being soft in volume and difficult to make out.

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Later, the company would merge microfilm with xerography, helping to make out-of-print books available for circulation again.

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I can't make out the license plate number.

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My favourite sound was also the hardest to make out: it was the hollow plash as the rain fell into puddles and the shallows and deeper waters of the lagoon.

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To maintain their action on this ground they must make out that it was an offence, a crime, a misdemeanour.

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After he leaves, the couple make out and accidentally knock down the mug.

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