Household | (etw) sauber machen + | to clean (sth) + | Cleaning | A
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| Physical appearance | ein Gesichtmachen/ziehen + | to make/pull a face + | Face | A
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| Physical appearance | ein trauriges Gesicht machen + | to look sad + | Face | A
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| Physical appearance | ein böses Gesicht machen + | to look cross + | Face | A
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| Physical appearance | ein fröhliches Gesicht machen + | to look pleasant/cheerful + | Face | A
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| Physical appearance | sich eine Dauerwelle machen lassen + | to have one's hair permed + | Hair | A
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| Physical appearance | ein anderes Gesicht aufsetzen/machen + | to put on a different face + | Face | B
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| Physical appearance | ein wütendes Gesicht machen + | to look angry + | Face | B
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| Physical appearance | ein zufriedenes Gesicht machen + | to look contented/satisfied + | Face | B
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| Physical appearance | ein mürrisches/verdrießliches Gesicht machen + | to scowl + | Face | C
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| Physical appearance | einen Schmollmund machen + | to pout + | Face | C
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| Gesture and movement | Fortschritte machen + | to make headway + | Movement forwards and backwards | A
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| Gesture and movement | die Runde machen + | to circulate + | General | B
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| Gesture and movement | etw krumm machen + | to bend sth [finger] + | Leaning and bending | B
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| Gesture and movement | einen Rückzieher machen + | to back out + | Movement forwards and backwards | C
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| Gesture and movement | Spagat machen + | to do the splits + | Movement of the limbs | C
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| Gesture and movement | einen Salto machen + | to somersault [sports] + | Balance and imbalance | C
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| Personality and human behaviour | jmds Bekanntschaft machen + | to make sb's acquaintance + | Friendliness and unfriendliness, communicativeness | A
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| Personality and human behaviour | (wegen etw) Schwierigkeiten machen + | to be difficult (about sth) + | Amiability | A
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| Personality and human behaviour | jmdn verrückt machen + | to drive sb crazy + | Amiability | A
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| Personality and human behaviour | sich Sorgen machen + | to worry + | Courage and cowardice | A
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| Clothes, accessories and grooming | sich frisch machen + | to freshen oneself up + | Grooming | B
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| Clothes, accessories and grooming | sich fein machen + | to dress up + | Garments | C
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| Clothes, accessories and grooming | etw länger/kürzer machen + | to lengthen/shorten sth + | Care and cleaning | C
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| Clothes, accessories and grooming | etw enger machen + | to take sth in + | Care and cleaning | C
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| Perception | jmdn/etw ausmachen + | to make out sb/sth + | Sight | A
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| Perception | Stielaugen machen + | to stare goggle-eyed + | Sight | C
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| Colour and light | einen blauen Montag machen/einlegen + | to skip work on Monday + | Expressions | C
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| Size and quantity | (mit jmdm) halbe-halbe machen (coll.) + | to go halves (with sb) + | Portion | B
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| Media and popular culture | für etw Werbung machen + | to advertise sth + | Advertising | A
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| Speaking | etw klarmachen + | to make sth clear + | Explaining | A
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| Speaking | sich (jmdm) verständlich machen + | to make oneself understood (to sb) + | Explaining | A
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| Speaking | etw bekannt machen + | to make sth public + | Informing | A
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| Speaking | eine Bemerkung machen + | to make a remark + | Asserting and denying | A
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| Speaking | sich an jmdn heranmachen + | to chat sb up + | Conversing | B
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| Speaking | abmachen + | to agree that + | Agreeing and disagreeing | B
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| Sport | Übungen machen + | to have a workout + | Training and competition | A
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| Sport | sich kaputtmachen + | to burn o.s. out + | Training and competition | B
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| Sport | Sparring machen + | to have a workout [boxing] + | Training and competition | C
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| Tourism, travel and transport | losmachen + | to cast off + | Shipping | A
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| Tourism, travel and transport | etw festmachen + | to moor sth + | Shipping | A
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| Family, birth, death and marriage | mit jmdm Schluss machen + | to break off with sb + | Marriage and divorce | A
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| Family, birth, death and marriage | jmdm einen Heiratsantrag machen + | to propose to sb + | Marriage and divorce | C
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| Family, birth, death and marriage | jmdm den Hof machen + | to court sb + | Marriage and divorce | C
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| Industry | Inventur machen + | to stocktake + | General | C
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| Business and commerce | individuell aufmachen + | to customize + | Production and consumption | C
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| Business and commerce | etw wieder gutmachen + | to recoup sth + | Prices and profit | C
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| Employment | Dienst nach Vorschrift machen + | to work to rule + | Jobs, trades and professions | C
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| The office and computing | etw kaputt/nicht lesbar machen + | to corrupt sth + | Computing and typing | A
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| The office and computing | etw rückgängig machen + | to undo sth + | Computing and typing | C
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| Law | eine Aussage machen + | to make a statement, give evidence + | Justice | B
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| Finance | (mit etw) einen Profit/Gewinn machen + | to make a profit (on/out of sth) + | Profit and loss | A
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| Finance | Verluste machen + | to make a loss + | Profit and loss | A
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| Finance | Bankrott gehen/machen + | to become/go bankrupt + | Profit and loss | A
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| Finance | Schulden machen + | to run up debts + | Credit and debt | A
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| Geography, history, war and peace | Geschichte machen + | to make history + | History | A
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| Geography, history, war and peace | Truppen kriegsbereit machen + | to mobilize troops + | War | B
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| Politics and international relations | Wahlwerbung machen + | to canvas + | Elections | B
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| Public services, social and environmental issues | eine radikale Entziehungskur machen + | to come off drugs cold turkey + | Alcohol and drugs | C
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