take) ‘It only takes me a minute to have a
shower.’
TAKE take/do an examination
‘Why do we have to take so many tests?’
take (your) medicine
‘Don’t forget to take your medicine.’
take a Ilill
‘He refuses to take sleeping pills’.
take/do a test
‘The last test I took was a disaster.’
MAKE make an effort
‘I had to make a big effort not to laugh.’
make a journey
‘It was the first journey he’d made all on his own.’
make a mistake
‘He has made a serious mistake.’
make a noise
‘How can one small child make so much noise?’
make progress
‘I made very little progress at the start of the course.’
DO do your best
‘Don’t worry, Tim. Just do your best.’
do (or cause) damage
‘The storm did a lot of damage to the crops.’
do an exercise
‘Have you done your exercises today?’
do an experiment
‘To do this experiment, you’ll need two eggs.’
do (sb) good
‘The holiday has done him a lot of good.’
do harm
‘A scandal would do his reputation a lot of harm.’
do your homework
‘Have you done your homework yet?’
do a job.
‘I’ve got one or two jobs to do this evening.’
do the/some shopping
‘Jake has gone into town to do some shopping.’
do research
‘We need to do a lot more research.’
do things
‘We’ve done lots of different things today.’
do your training
‘Where did you do your training?
Note also:
do something/anything etc: ‘I can’t come now - I’m doing something.’ ‘He hasn’t done anything wrong.’
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That is why we still doubt about beings existing in outer space.
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That is why we still have doubts about beings existing in outer space.
