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Pructus Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Make

Hello...

I remember watching dramas using the verb "make" to mean like below...
But I can't find this meaning in the dictionary.
As long as I remember, the followings are all correct.
Am I right?

They made me. ---- They found out who I was, when I tried to conceal.
----> I was made(passive voice). ---- the same meaning.

They made my face. --- They looked at my face and found out who I was, when I tried to conceal.

They made what they perceived. ---- They figured out what they perceived. // Firtst they perceived, and then later they sorted out, or found the meaning of that they perceived.
  

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org/wiki/make : (US slang) To recognise, identify. I can't find this in a few other dictionaries that I checked, which surprises me a little. I suppose it's possible I may have missed something since the entries for "make" are quite long.

— GPY

  • org/wiki/make : (US slang) To recognise, identify.
  • I can't find this in a few other dictionaries that I checked, which surprises me a little.
  • I suppose it's possible I may have missed something since the entries for "make" are quite long.
  • I don't really understand "They made what they perceived".
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The relevant sense for the first three is presumably sense 13 at http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/make : (US slang) To recognise, identify. I can't find this in a few other dictionaries that I checked, which surprises me a little. I suppose it's possible I may have missed something since the entries for "make" are
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Oh, GPY!!

Thanks so much...
It's really a great help...
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