Take

Take

1. Take after: puxar alguém, parecer com alguém, perseguir.

   • she took her mother after

2. Take apart: fazer críticas meio pesadas, desmontar, desagrupar.

   • Why do you have to take everything we say apart?
   • i took the radio apart and i broke it

3. Take away: levar, encaminhar (quando autoridades levam alguém para a prisão ou hospital), confiscar, remover, diminui(em contas)-tirar, aprender

   • my teacher took my cell phone away
   • they took away my neighbor to the madhouse

4. Take back: retirar o que disse, devolver algo, voltar na memória algum momento do passado, reatar relacionamento

   • I didn’t mean what I said; so, I take it back.

5. Take down: anotar, desmontar, baixar a bola, descer algo(cortina)

   • take someone down a notch: baixar a bola
     • Frank was a bit pompous at first, but the new teacher took him down a notch.
   • we need to take the curtains down

6. Take aside: chamar de lado, conversar em particular

   • My dad took me aside and told me I'd better not do that again.

7. Take for: fazer de, pagar de e também pensar algo sobre alguém

   • take for a ride: ludibriar, fazer de bobo
   • yeah she took me for a fool
   • take a turn for the worse: agravar, piorar
     • and then he took a turn for the worse and has passed away
   • She looks so young, I took her for your sister

8. take aback: surpreender-se, ficar chocado

   • She declined his offer of a job, which took him aback. I was really taken aback when she reacted so angrily.

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