make sense

1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.

   The thing doesn’t make sense to me.

   Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.

   Sinn ergeben, sinnvoll sein, Sinn geben

   име́ть смыслimétʹ smysl, быть поня́тнымbytʹ ponjátnym, поня́тноponjátno

   be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

2. (idiomatic, intransitive, with of)To decipher or understand.

   Can you make sense of her handwriting?

   schlau werden aus, verstehen, begreifen

   понима́тьponimátʹ, разбира́тьrazbirátʹ

3. (informal)Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.

   Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn't making much sense anymore.

4. (slang)To be in the realm of the ordinary, to be not particularly developed.

   If you want to grow spinal erectors that don’t make sense, you have to do a lot of bent-over compound lifts.

1. That makes no sense at all.

   Це не має жодного сенсу.

   ruЭто совершенно бессмысленно.

   deDas ergibt überhaupt keinen Sinn.

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2. His letter doesn't make any sense.

   Його лист не має жодного сенсу.

   deSein Brief ergibt keinen Sinn.

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3. I know it doesn't make sense.

   Я знаю, що це не має сенсу.

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4. Does it make sense to you?

   Ти розумієш сенс цього?

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5. Nothing Tom said makes any sense.

   Нічого з того, що сказав Том, не має жодного сенсу.

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