"doing" makeup? - WordReference Forums
2016年11月17日 · However, "I'm doing makeup" (without "my") sounds odd if you're referring to applying it to your face. Both "I'm putting on makeup" and "I'm putting on my makeup" are fine. Google gives about the same number of results for "doing my makeup" (444,000 results) and "putting on makeup" (441,000 results). "Putting on my makeup" gets about 326,000 ...
Do makeup, wear makeup | WordReference Forums
2018年3月22日 · To put on makeup is an action that takes about 40 minutes. "Look at the clock! It's time I went and put on my makeup." To wear makeup is an activity that lasts about 8 hours at a time over many years of one's life. "I'd never go to a restaurant or a club without wearing makeup." To do makeup means to study makeup or to offer it as a service to ...
do no harm but take no shit | WordReference Forums
2024年10月7日 · Do no harm, take no shit = No te interpongas, pero no te dejes pisotear Opino que la frase encaja en el entorno médico-hospitalario (no vayas por encima de la opinión del médico/la institución, no lo contradigas), pero no permitas que te menosprecien.
Make up [classes, lessons] - WordReference Forums
2011年7月1日 · Hello everyone, I'd like to know if the phrasal verb "make up" sounds correct/idiomatic in the contexts below. If not, what would you suggest? Please take a look. 1. If you miss a class the teacher will make it up for you. [= the teacher will teach you the class you missed at another time.]...
make harm or do harm - WordReference Forums
2010年9月2日 · Second one sounds natural. But the first one isn't grammatically wrong. But I wander if anyone say "make harm" like your first sentence.
do/make experiment - WordReference Forums
2011年4月3日 · Hello, Today I have a question about “make experiments” VS “do experiments”. I usually think “experiments” goes with “do”. However, I found these two sentences (below) using make + experiments. Is this a mistake or “make + experiments” is allowed in some context? In other words, do these two...
Make a review? do a review? review X? - WordReference Forums
2012年10月1日 · I keep hearing teachers saying "today we are going to make a review of parts of a sentence", I was wondering, is that acceptable in English? would it be better to say "Today we are reviewing the parts of a sentence" ?
make/give/do a presentation | WordReference Forums
2006年10月18日 · Do and make are both too vague, and are also ambiguous: they can mean present to the audience. Write, prepare, create, construct, compile are all possible; it depends at least partly on the precise method you're using.
Credit to or credits to | WordReference Forums
2023年9月28日 · 'Here is my new makeup studio! Credit for room decorations to my friend Lily.' 'Here is my new makeup studio! Credits for room decorations to my friend Lily.' That is how such sentences look (approximately) when they are parts of Instagram picture captions.
do/make the first step | WordReference Forums
2014年11月13日 · The second quoted part is my original question and according to Parla, I guess the situation is the same, so do I need to say the followings to my cousin: You have to take the first step. You have to make the first move. Am I right? I also wonder if: You have to take the first step first. You have to make the first move first. Are they redundant?