COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH

Colloquial forms of speech are often nothing more than simplifications of the standard forms.
Follow below some examples:

Standard: What are you doing tomorrow?
Colloquial: Whatcha doin' tomorrow?

Standard: I don`t want to stay here.
Colloquial: I don`t wanna stay here.
Standard: He's got a lot of money.
Colloquial: He's gotta lot a' money.
Standard: I'm going to watch TV.
Colloquial: I'm gonna watch TV.

Standard: What did you do last night?
Colloquial: Whadja do last night?

See you!

MAKE in fixed expressions

What do you make of this/that?
Ex: What did you make of the Mayor's speech?
Well, I really didn't like it.

Not to know what to make of something
Ex: I didn't know what to make of Professor Duncan's comments. He was very ambiguous.

To make faces
Ex: Will you stop making faces? You look like Frankenstein!
Note: One may also make faces as a gesture of playfulness.

To make faces at someone
Ex: After the professor chewed out the class, the students made faces at him behind his back.

To make room for someone
Ex: My brother is going to the movies with us. We'll have to make room for another person in the car.

To make + adjective + noun
Ex: I think Laura would make a great politician. She really knows how to make speeches.

To make somentone + adjective
Ex: One thing that really makes me mad is having to wait.

COMPARED: DO and MAKE

TO DO
Often suggests to be engaged in, perform or execute some activity.

What are you doing? I'm reading the newspaper.

DO MAKE
Often means to construct, create or prepare something.

What are you making? I'm making lasagna.