Commonly used english part 88 pps

take one's leave of someone- to say goodbye to someone and leave The Princess took her leave of the Queen and left the room.. take one`s time - to do something without hurrying My friend

take off clothes/shoes etc.

- to remove clothes shoes etc

"Please take off your shoes before you enter our house."

take off one's hat to (someone)

- to offer praise for someone's good accomplishments

You have to take off your hat to the person who organized the sporting event

take off time

- to be absent from work

I was sick and I had to take off a week from work

take off weight

- to decrease one's weight

My friend is trying to take off weight with her new diet

take offense at (someone or something)

- to become resentful of someone or something

The audience took offense at the remarks by the comedian

take office

- to begin serving as an elected or appointed official

The new mayor of the city is expected to take office next week

take on (someone)

- to give a job to someone, to hire/employ someone

The factory took on fifty new employees last month

take on (something)

- to begin to do something, to commit oneself to something

Recently my father has begun to take on too many things at work and he has become very tired

take on (something)

- to load (something)

The ship took on most of its cargo the week before it left the port

take on the look/appearance of (something)

- to begin to have the look of something

My friend has begun to take on the look of a university professor although he has only been working at the university for a short time

take on too much

- to undertake to do too much work or too many tasks

My aunt is taking on too much and is very tired recently

take one's cue from (someone)

- to use another's behavior or reactions as a guide to one's own

The musicians took their cue from the conductor when the orchestra performed the musical piece

take one`s hat off to (someone)

- to admire/respect/praise someone

You have to take your hat off to our boss He has built his company from almost nothing

take one's leave of (someone)

- to say goodbye to someone and leave

The Princess took her leave of the Queen and left the room

take one's own life

- to kill oneself, to commit suicide

The young man took his own life several weeks ago

take one`s own medicine

- to accept punishment without complaining

He likes to criticize others but he can never take his own medicine when others criticize him

take one`s time

- to do something without hurrying

My friend took his time to return the book that he had borrowed

take out a loan

- to get a loan of money

I had to take out a loan to buy the car

take out (someone)

- to go on a date with someone

I finally had a chance to take out the new woman from my class last week

take out (something)

- to remove something from somewhere, to extract something

The teacher asked us to take out our books

I took out some onions from the refridgerator

take over (something)

- to take control of something, to take command of something

A large foreign company took control of our company last month

take part in (something)

- to participate in something

"Are you planning to take part in the seminar next week?"

take pity on (someone or something)

- to feel sorry for someone or something

I took pity on the man who was begging and I gave him some money

take place

- to happen, to occur

The soccer game took place on the coldest day of the year

take precedence over (someone or something)

- to have the right to come before someone or something else

The rights of people who do not smoke take precedence over the rights of smokers in many cities

take pride in (something)

- to do something with pride

The couple take pride in their beautiful house

take responsibility for (someone or something)

- to accept responsibility for (someone or something)

My friend refuses to take responsibility for his problems

take root

- to begin to take hold or have effect

The ideas of honesty and good manners are beginning to take root in the school children

take shape

- to begin to be organized and specific (plans/ideas/arguments)

The plans for our school reunion are beginnning to take shape

take sick/ill

- to become ill

The little boy took sick early last night

take sides

- to support one side or the other side

"You should not take sides in some arguments or both sides will be angry at you."

take (someone or something) at face value

- to take someone or something as it first appears to be

I took the sign at face value and drove very slowly through the construction area

take (someone) at his or her word

- to believe what someone says and act accordingly

I decided to take the woman at her word when she invited me to see her pottery demonstration

take (someone's) breath away

- to overwhelm someone with beauty or grandeur

The beauty of the mountains took my breath away

take (someone or somewhere) by storm

- to win the favor of someone or somewhere, to become popular with a group of people

The new rock band took the country by storm

take (someone) by surprise

- to startle someone, to surprise someone

The sudden resignation of the mayor took everyone by surprise

take (someone) down a notch/peg or two

- to reprimand/scold someone who is acting arrogant, to make someone less proud or sure of himself or herself

The manager took the secretary down a notch or two with his criticism of her work

take (someone) for a ride

- to play a trick on or fool someone, to take unfair advantage of someone

The used car salesman took me for a ride The car that I bought is not very good

take (someone) for an idiot/fool

- to assume that someone is stupid

The salesman tried to take me for a fool when he tried to sell me the car for a very high price

take (someone) for granted

- to accept someone without gratitude or as a matter of course

Everybody takes the office clerk for granted and nobody ever thanks her

take (someone) for (someone or something)

- to mistake someone for someone or something

The man took the boy for a robber and called the police

take (someone) hostage

- to kidnap or seize someone to be a hostage

The bank robbers took several people hostage during the bank robbery

take (someone) into one's confidence

- to tell a secret to someone and trust that person to keep the secret

The bank manager took the customer into his confidence and told him about the banking problems

take (someone or something) on

- to undertake to deal with someone or something

I decided to take the extra work on in order to make some extra money

take (someone's) part

- to take a side in an argument

My friend always takes my part when I am having an argument with someone

take (someone's) pulse

- to measure the beats of a person's pulse

The doctor took the patient's pulse when she arrived at the hospital

take (someone or something) seriously

- to think that someone or something is important

The principal did not take the suggestion of the teacher seriously

take (someone) to task

- to scold someone for something that they have done wrong

The supervisor took me to task for arriving late for work

take (someone) to the cleaners

- to take/win all of someone`s money, to cheat someone

The salesman took the woman to the cleaners when he sold her the bad product The man went to the casino and was taken to the cleaners by the card dealers

take (someone) under one`s wing/wings

- to protect and help someone

The supervisor took the new employee under his wing and began to teach him about the company

take (someone) up on (something)

- to take advantage of someone's offer of something

I took my friend up on his offer to let me borrow his new car

take (someone or something) wrong

- to misunderstand someone or something

The man took what I said wrong and became very angry

take (something)

- to endure something

I find it very difficult to take the woman's constant complaining

take (something) by storm

- to capture something by a sudden or very bold attack

The army took the town by storm and was able to capture all of the enemy soldiers

take (something) for granted

- to assume that something is a certain way or is correct

"I took it for granted that you knew him Otherwise I would have introduced you."

take (something) in stride

- to accept good or bad luck and continue on

The boxer took his loss in stride and began to prepare for his next fight

take (something) into account

- to remember and consider something

"Please take into account the fact that the girl has only been studying French for a few weeks."

take (something) lying down

- to endure something unpleasant without fighting back

I am very angry and will not take what he says lying down

take (something) on faith

- to accept or believe something with little or no evidence

I took it on faith that the friend of my boss was an honest person

take (something) on the chin

- to experience and endure a direct blow or assault

The man always takes things on the chin and he never complains

take (something) out on (someone or something)

- to direct one's anger or fear onto someone or something

The woman often takes her anger out on her husband

take (something) personally

- to interpret a remark as if it were meant for or critical of oneself

I wish that my colleague would not take everything that I say personally

take (something) the wrong way

- to understand something as wrong or insulting

The waiter took my comments the wrong way and became a little angry

take (something) to heart

- to consider something seriously

You should not really take what he says to heart He is really very kind

take (something) to one's grave

- to carry a secret with you until you die

The woman plans to take the secret about her sister to her grave

take (something/it) to the bank

- to have/do something that is a sure thing, to do/have something that you can count

on no matter what happens

The business proposal is a sure thing and you can take it to the bank