1、make out

（勉強地）辨認出，看出，聽出

I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth.

我只依稀看見一個高個的模糊身影穿過了矮樹叢。

She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though.

她覺著聽到了一個名字，卻又沒聽清。

把…弄清楚;理解;明白

I couldn't make it out at all.

我一頭霧水。

It is hard to make out what criteria are used.

很難弄清楚使用的是什么樣的標準。

力圖說成;努力證明

They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it.

他們正在努力證明我真的干過這件事。

I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be.

我覺得這件事并非像大家說的那么了不起。

2、drop off

打瞌睡;睡著

I must have dropped off to sleep.

我肯定是睡著了。

Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind.

就在我打瞌睡的時候,一個奇怪的念頭閃過我的腦海。

減退;減少

Sales to the British forces are expected to drop off.

預計對英國軍隊的銷售量會減少。

The daily toll of casualties has dropped off sharply.

每日傷亡人數已經大大減少。