Take - §12 Flashcards
Rod loves taking clocks apart, but he never manages to put them together again.
If you take apart something or take something apart you separate it into its different parts.
When you go into town to take back your library books could you also take these trousers back to the shop for me - they’re too small.
If you take back something or take something back, you return it to the person or organisation that you bought or borrowed it from.
My boss took me aside at the Christmas party and told me he was going to give me a promotion in the New Year.
If you take aside somebody or take somebody aside, you separate someone from a group of people so that you can speak to them privately.
Most people stayed at the party until quite late, but Rose took off early for some reason.
If you take off, you suddenly leave a place, without telling anyone where you are going.
My son has recently taken up stamp collecting as a hobby.
start doing a particular job or activity
The shop assistant took off ten per cent because the item was damaged.
subtract a particular amount from a total
If you take 11 away from 33, you’re left with 22.
subtract a first number from a second number
I shouldn’t have called you lazy - I take it back.
admit that something you said was wrong
He showed us a photo of his house, but I was so tired that I didn’t really take it in.
look at something carefully noticing all the details
Lucy has started swimming regularly. She has **taken out **a year’s membership at a local sports club
subscribed to or registered for something officially
She has taken out a year’s membership at a local sports club and has taken to going to the swimming pool every lunch hour.
started to do something often
She is so taken up with her swimming
very busy doing something
she wouldn’t even take me up on my offer to buy her lunch in the best restaurant in town.
accept
The exercise certainly takes it out of her - she is too exhausted to go anywhere in the evenings.
makes her feel very tired
