I’m trying to make up a good excuse for being late. I hope my teacher will believe me. - to think of an excuse, a story, etc., often to tell a lie, We need to come up with a better way of reducing traffic in Istanbul. - to invent/think of a plan, an idea, or a solution to a problem, They are looking into the causes of the accident. It is possible the driver was drunk. - to examine/investigate the facts of a situation, Sherlock Holmes always figures out who the criminal is. No crime is too difficult for him. - to finally understand something after thinking about it, We've run out of eggs, so I can’t make an omlette. Can you get some from the store, please? - to use all of something so that there is none left, My son lives for sports and video games. I can’t make him do anything else. - to enjoy something more than anything else that you do, My boyfriend’s always going on about basketball or football. It’s so annoying! - to talk about something for too long or in a boring way, She thought she could get away with cheating on her exams but she got caught. - to escape punishment when you do something wrong, My father really looks down on people who are uneducated or poor. I think that’s very unfair. - to think that someone is less important than you, Many physicists look up to Albert Einstein because he was a genius - to respect and admire someone,

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