make+useful
11useful */*/*/ — UK [ˈjuːsf(ə)l] / US [ˈjusf(ə)l] adjective Get it right: useful: Although the adjective full ends with a double l , adjectives like useful have only one l : Wrong: Find a more usefull spare time activity than driving around in a car. Right: Find… …
12useful — adj. 1 a of use; serviceable. b producing or able to produce good results (gave me some useful hints). 2 colloq. highly creditable or efficient (a useful performance). Phrases and idioms: make oneself useful perform useful services. useful load… …
13make — v. & n. v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made a table; made it out of cardboard; made him a sweater). 2 tr. (foll. by to + infin.) cause or compel (a person etc.) to do something (make… …
14make yourself useful — spoken to do something to help Could you make yourself useful and get Jenny some coffee? …
15make oneself useful — do something that is of some value or benefit to someone make yourself useful get Jenny a drink …
16make oneself useful — do something that is of some value or benefit. → useful …
17useful — adjective 1》 able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways. 2》 Brit. informal very able or competent. Phrases make oneself useful do something that is of some value or benefit. Derivatives usefully adverb usefulness noun …
18make something count — to make something have as useful and positive an effect as possible You only get one chance, so you have to make it count …
19make a virtue of necessity — formal to change something you must do into a positive or useful experience. It s a long way to drive so I thought I d make a virtue of necessity and stop off at some interesting places along the way …
20Tomlinson's Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts — Tomlinson’s Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts is a multi volume encyclopedia focusing on manufacturing, mining, and engineering. It was edited by Charles Tomlinson, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a lecturer at King’s College School, London. The… …
