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Mind Map on Take, created by Mario Leite on 10/14/2015.
Mario Leite
Mind Map by Mario Leite, updated more than 1 year ago
Mario Leite
Created by Mario Leite about 10 years ago
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Take
  1. Take On
    1. Allow passengers on a ship or plane (entrar)
      1. Ex: The plane stopped at Zurich to TAKE ON some passengers.
      2. Assume a responsibility
        1. Example: She TOOK ON the task of indexing the book.
        2. Employ (Empregar)
          1. Example: The council has had to TAKE ON twenty extra employees to handle their increased workload.
        3. Take Up
          1. Fill or occupy time or space (Tomar)
            1. EX: An awful lot of my time at work is TAKEN UP with pointless bureaucracy nowadays
            2. Make clothes shorter
              1. EX: The trousers were too long so I TOOK them UP to make them fit.
              2. Start a new hobby, pastime, etc.
                1. EX: He TOOK UP squash as he felt he had to lose some weight.
              3. Take Over
                1. Assume control of a company or organization (Assumir controle)
                  1. EX: The bank was TAKEN OVER a hong bank that needed to buy a bank to get into the British market
                  2. Start a job or position that someone had occupied before you (Assumir)
                    1. EX: She TOOK OVER responsibility for the project last month.
                  3. Take In
                    1. Absorb information (Assimilar)
                      1. EX: The lecture was rather boring and I didn't TAKE IN much of what the lecturer said.
                      2. Deceive (Enganar)
                        1. EX: She TOOK me IN with her story until someone told me the truth.
                        2. Make clothes smaller
                          1. EX: The jacket was far too big around the shoulders, so I had it TAKEN IN so that I could wear it.
                          2. Assume care or support (Acolheu)
                            1. EX: The family TOOK IN the three homeless kittens.
                          3. Take Off
                            1. Make great progress (Decolar)
                              1. EX: The software house really TOOK OFF when they produced the lastest version of their DTP package.
                              2. Reduce the price of an item (Reduzir)
                                1. EX: They've TAKEN ten percent OFF designer frames for glasses.
                                2. When a plane departs or leaves the ground (Decolar)
                                  1. EX: The flight for Dublin TOOK OFF on time
                                  2. Remove
                                    1. EX: It was hot, so I TOOK my jacket OFF
                                  3. Take Down
                                    1. Make notes or write down in full
                                      1. EX: The police TOOK DOWN his answers to their questions.
                                      2. Remove
                                        1. EX: People TAKE DOWN their Christmas decorations twelve days after Christmas.
                                        2. Derrubar
                                        3. Take Out
                                          1. Borrow a library book (Tirar)
                                            1. EX: I TOOK OUT all the books I needed for my essay from the library
                                            2. Borrow money from a bank or other official lender (Extrair)
                                              1. EX: Jackie and Anil TOOK OUT a mortagage to buy a bigger flat
                                              2. Extract or remove
                                                1. EX: The dentist TOOK OUT all of my wisdom teeth before they started causing any problems.
                                                2. Go out socially with someone, especially a date. (Levar pra Sair)
                                                  1. EX: He TOOK her OUT to a restaurant last Friday night.
                                                  2. Obtain insurance
                                                    1. EX: I TOOK OUT some health insurance before I went backpaking around Latin America.
                                                    2. Kill, Murder
                                                      1. EX: The gang TOOK him OUT after he spoke to the police
                                                    3. Take Away
                                                      1. Remove
                                                        1. Example: The police TOOK the protestors AWAY.
                                                      2. Take Back
                                                        1. Make someone nostalgic (Levar de volta/Lembrar)
                                                          1. Ex: That song always TAKES me BACK to when I was at university.
                                                          2. Retract a statement, admit that something was wrong
                                                            1. EX: I had to TAKE BACK everything bad I'd said about them when I learned how they'd helped out.
                                                          3. Take It
                                                            1. Accept criticism
                                                              1. Example: He's good at criticising others, but can't TAKE IT himself.
                                                            2. Take Aback
                                                              1. Surprise or shock
                                                                1. Example: The news of her death TOOK me ABACK.
                                                              2. Take After
                                                                1. Look like, resemble (Comparar/assemelhar)
                                                                  1. Example: He TAKES AFTER his mother.
                                                                2. Take Aside
                                                                  1. Get someone alone to talk to them (chamar de canto)
                                                                    1. Example: The teacher TOOK her ASIDE and said that she'd failed the exam.
                                                                  2. Take Through
                                                                    1. Explain something to someone
                                                                      1. Example: He TOOK me THROUGH the procedures before we started.
                                                                    2. Take it out on
                                                                      1. Abuse someone because you're angry (Descontar nos outros)
                                                                        1. Example: Whenever things go wrong, he always shouts and TAKES IT OUT ON me, even if I had nothing to do with the problem.
                                                                      2. Take it upon Yourself
                                                                        1. Take responsibility, often without consulting other people (Assumir por si mesmo)
                                                                          1. Example: I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF to make sure he got up on time.
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