make for

contribuer à, favoriser

Contribuer à produire un résultat ou le rendre plus probable.

En anglais simple : To help cause a particular result or make it more likely.

• Good friends make for a happy life.
• The short chapters made for easy reading.
• Heavy traffic does not make for a relaxing journey.

Comment l'utiliser : make for something (Clear instructions make for fewer mistakes.)

Synonymes : contribute to, lead to, result in

Expressions courantes : make for success, make for good reading

faire pour, préparer pour

Fabriquer ou préparer quelque chose pour une personne ou un usage précis.

En anglais simple : To create something intended for a particular person or purpose.

• I make lunch for my children.
• She made a scarf for her father.
• Can you make a poster for the party?

Comment l'utiliser : make something for someone (I made a card for my sister.)

Synonymes : create for

Expressions courantes : make something for someone, make for someone

se diriger vers

Aller en direction d’un lieu, généralement pour l’atteindre.

En anglais simple : To move towards a place, usually because you want to reach it.

• We should make for home.
• The crowd made for the nearest exit.
• She is making for the station on foot.

Comment l'utiliser : make for somewhere (When the rain started, we made for shelter.)

Synonymes : head for, go towards

Expressions courantes : make for home, make for the exit

prendre pour, identifier comme

Estimer que quelqu’un est un certain type de personne.

En anglais simple : To decide that someone is a particular kind of person.

• They made him for a criminal.
• The officer made the stranger for a spy.
• Did you make her for a police officer?

Comment l'utiliser : make someone for someone/something (The detective made him for a thief.)

Synonymes : take for, identify as

Expressions courantes : make someone for something, make for a criminal