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  • malafee
    [Gul. idem (Parsons 1923:xxi); cf. also Car. Sp. malafo aguardiente (Álvarez Nazario 1974:217); cf. also Gul. malawu whiskey, any alcoholic
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  • make
    conj. [Pan-Creole; "ellipt. from wa mek why?" DJE; cf. Fr. Cr. ki fer (lit, what makes?) why? (Bickerton 1981:71) and
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  • make your break
    cf. Trin, make yuh play do what you have to do (Ottley 18)] phr. to seize an opportunity to do
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  • make up your face
    [Car.; cf. OED make up to arrange (the features) so as to produce a particular expression, e.g. to make up
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  • make up
    [W Car.; Gul. idem (Parsons 1923:108); cf. OED, formerly to lay and light (a fire) obs.→1801, now to add fuel
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  • make it
    in the phrase: If you make it, you make it; if you break it, you break it [cf. US slang
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  • make him know
    [Car. "ellipt. from make one know (what's what, who's the boss, or the like)" DJE] phr. to scold, punish. (Black)
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  • make haste
    /mekèys, mèkis/ [Atlantic; considered archaic in US] phr. to hurry up: 1895 De woman say, "Make haste! Come here!" (Edwards
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  • make fast
    [OED, fasten; probably from MAKE HASTE blending with make it fast, but cf. Haitian fè vit (lit, make fast) to hurry
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  • make a monkey capers
    [cf. DAS monkey shines tricks, pranks; the allusion is clearly to 'monkey-face', perhaps through a misunderstanding of capers] phr. to
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