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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
make-up



ˈmake-up [make-up make-ups] BrE NAmE noun
1. uncountable substances used especially by women to make their faces look more attractive, or used by actors to change their appearance
eye make-up
to put on your make-up
She never wears make-up.
a make-up artist (= a person whose job is to put make-up on the faces of actors and models)
2. singular the different qualities that combine to form sb's character or being
Jealousy is not part of his make-up.
The final act exposes the fatal flaws in his make-up.
a person's genetic make-up
The report studies the psychological make-up of a serial killer.
3. singular ~ (of sth) the different things, people, etc. that combine to form sth; the way in which they combine
the make-up of a TV audience
• (technical)the page make-up of a text (= the way in which the words and pictures are arranged on a page)
4. countable (NAmE)a special exam taken by students who missed or failed an earlier one

Collocations:
Clothes and fashion
Clothes
be wearing a new outfit/bright colours/fancy dress/fur/uniform
be (dressed) in black/red/jeans and a T-shirt/your best suit/leather/silk/rags (= very old torn clothes)
be dressed for work/school/dinner/a special occasion
be dressed as a man/woman/clown/pirate
wear/dress in casual/designer/second-hand clothes
wear jewellery/(especially US) jewelry/accessories/a watch/glasses/contact lenses/perfume
have a cowboy hat/red dress/blue suit on
put on/take off your clothes/coat/shoes/helmet
pull on/pull off your coat/gloves/socks
change into/get changed into a pair of jeans/your pyjamas/(especially US) your pajamas
Appearance
change/enhance/improve your appearance
create/get/have/give sth a new/contemporary/retro look
brush/comb/shampoo/wash/blow-dry your hair
have/get a haircut/your hair cut/a new hairstyle
have/get a piercing/your nose pierced
have/get a tattoo/a tattoo done (on your arm)/a tattoo removed
have/get a makeover/cosmetic surgery
use/wear/apply/put on make-up/cosmetics
Fashion
follow/keep up with (the) fashion/the latest fashions
spend/waste money on designer clothes
be fashionably/stylishly/well dressed
have good/great/terrible/awful taste in clothes
update/revamp your wardrobe
be in/come into/go out of fashion
be (back/very much) in vogue
create a style/trend/vogue for sth
organize/put on a fashion show
show/unveil a designer's spring/summer collection
sashay/strut down the catwalk/(NAmE also) runway
be on/do a photo/fashion shoot

Example Bank:
He was given an Oscar for his make-up work on the film.
I never wear make-up.
She was checking her make-up in the mirror.
You don't wear full make-up to go swimming.
a tearful girl with make-up running down her face
the make-up effects for the film
the unique make-up of each person
Ireland did show up a number of flaws in the England team's make-up.
The final act reveals the flaws in his make-up.
the genetic make-up of plants and animals

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