Take

Take

1. Take On

   • Allow passengers on a ship or plane (entrar)
     • Ex: The plane stopped at Zurich to TAKE ON some passengers.
   • Assume a responsibility
     • Example: She TOOK ON the task of indexing the book.
   • Employ (Empregar)
     • Example: The council has had to TAKE ON twenty extra employees to handle their increased workload.

2. Take Up

   • Fill or occupy time or space (Tomar)
     • EX: An awful lot of my time at work is TAKEN UP with pointless bureaucracy nowadays
   • Make clothes shorter
     • EX: The trousers were too long so I TOOK them UP to make them fit.
   • Start a new hobby, pastime, etc.
     • EX: He TOOK UP squash as he felt he had to lose some weight.

3. Take Over

   • Assume control of a company or organization (Assumir controle)
     • EX: The bank was TAKEN OVER a hong bank that needed to buy a bank to get into the British market
   • Start a job or position that someone had occupied before you (Assumir)
     • EX: She TOOK OVER responsibility for the project last month.

4. Take In

   • Absorb information (Assimilar)
     • EX: The lecture was rather boring and I didn't TAKE IN much of what the lecturer said.
   • Deceive (Enganar)
     • EX: She TOOK me IN with her story until someone told me the truth.
   • Make clothes smaller
     • EX: The jacket was far too big around the shoulders, so I had it TAKEN IN so that I could wear it.
   • Assume care or support (Acolheu)
     • EX: The family TOOK IN the three homeless kittens.

5. Take Off

   • Make great progress (Decolar)
     • EX: The software house really TOOK OFF when they produced the lastest version of their DTP package.
   • Reduce the price of an item (Reduzir)
     • EX: They've TAKEN ten percent OFF designer frames for glasses.
   • When a plane departs or leaves the ground (Decolar)
     • EX: The flight for Dublin TOOK OFF on time
   • Remove
     • EX: It was hot, so I TOOK my jacket OFF

6. Take Down

   • Make notes or write down in full
     • EX: The police TOOK DOWN his answers to their questions.
   • Remove
     • EX: People TAKE DOWN their Christmas decorations twelve days after Christmas.
   • Derrubar

7. Take Out

   • Borrow a library book (Tirar)
     • EX: I TOOK OUT all the books I needed for my essay from the library
   • Borrow money from a bank or other official lender (Extrair)
     • EX: Jackie and Anil TOOK OUT a mortagage to buy a bigger flat
   • Extract or remove
     • EX: The dentist TOOK OUT all of my wisdom teeth before they started causing any problems.
   • Go out socially with someone, especially a date. (Levar pra Sair)
     • EX: He TOOK her OUT to a restaurant last Friday night.
   • Obtain insurance
     • EX: I TOOK OUT some health insurance before I went backpaking around Latin America.
   • Kill, Murder
     • EX: The gang TOOK him OUT after he spoke to the police

8. Take Away

   • Remove
     • Example: The police TOOK the protestors AWAY.

9. Take Back

   • Make someone nostalgic (Levar de volta/Lembrar)
     • Ex: That song always TAKES me BACK to when I was at university.
   • Retract a statement, admit that something was wrong
     • EX: I had to TAKE BACK everything bad I'd said about them when I learned how they'd helped out.

10. Take It

    • Accept criticism
      • Example: He's good at criticising others, but can't TAKE IT himself.

11. Take Aback

    • Surprise or shock
      • Example: The news of her death TOOK me ABACK.

12. Take After

    • Look like, resemble (Comparar/assemelhar)
      • Example: He TAKES AFTER his mother.

13. Take Aside

    • Get someone alone to talk to them (chamar de canto)
      • Example: The teacher TOOK her ASIDE and said that she'd failed the exam.

14. Take Through

    • Explain something to someone
      • Example: He TOOK me THROUGH the procedures before we started.

15. Take it out on

    • Abuse someone because you're angry (Descontar nos outros)
      • Example: Whenever things go wrong, he always shouts and TAKES IT OUT ON me, even if I had nothing to do with the problem.

16. Take it upon Yourself

    • Take responsibility, often without consulting other people (Assumir por si mesmo)
      • Example: I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF to make sure he got up on time.