Communication
make sense of something
understand something confusing
To understand or interpret something that is difficult or confusing.
Hear it in real life
Can you make sense of this bill?
Yes, but the extra charge is still unclear.
I read the instructions twice before I could make sense of them.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I made sense ‸ the instructions.
Say: I made sense of the instructions.
This meaning requires the preposition “of” before the thing you understand.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
make sense of something; made sense of something
Your turn: say it out loud
I read the instructions twice before I could make sense of them.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
make sense of something
understand something confusing
“I read the instructions twice before I could make sense of them.”
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