MA, IIZ-mMt i£AA: [VN] Even the experts took the painting for a genuine Van Gogh. j&frM A&’PSllAjl •    0 Of course I didn’t do

it! What do you take me for (= what sort of person do

youthinkIam)?IS^T«cTlft!

i© ? o [VN to inf] I took the man with him to be his father,

►                 HAVE FEELING/OPINION Tli'lt / #?£ 25 [VN] (not usually

used in the progressive tenses M # T $8 T $5 Sltf) to have a particular feeling, opinion or attitude T^ife ( ^ 'If ) ; #£(#&); %%. (      ) : My parents always

took an interest in my hobbies.      it AT

Kl^lf0 0 Don’t take offence (= be offended) at what I said. JkLf£o O I took a dislike to him.

ftl T X 7 ikMo 0 He takes the view that children are responsible for their own actions.        §

►                 ACTION 26 [VN] to use a particular course of action in order to deal with or achieve sth ( If ]&£ ) ;

(Aft ) : The government is taking action to combat drug abuse,  owe

need to take a different approach to the problem. fMJJbV 27 [VN] used with

nouns to say that sb is doing sth, performing an action, etc. ( ^Tgil^fE, ) : to take a step/

walk/stroll IS#; i!(X; Mik 0 to take a bath/shower/ wash '{%#; $$$£; ft —ft 0 to take a look/glance # HF—111 0 to take a bite/drink/sip P5: / n|§ / wp— p o to take a deep breath M ® — P H O to take a break/rest W — T ; l^l-T o JVo decision will be taken on the matter until next week.          — Jn] IS f|5 fcB

ft/Eo

►                 FORM/POSITION Mxt; h'/.K 28 [VN] to have a particular

form, position or state   ) ; WUi ( IRX ) ;

ft M ( ft ) : Our next class will take the form of a debate.   A, o The new

President takes office in January. #r & M # T — A ift

mwo

►                 TIME H'tIhJ 29 [no passive] to need or require a particular amount of time fr J| ••• flit lit]; ft flt: [VN] The journey to the airport takes about half an hour. MWMi

T flt o 0 It takes about half an hour to get to the airport.  0 [VNN] It took her three

hours to repair her bike. M/£ 7 HTTfltiFt! § 7rT° 0 [VN to inf] That cut is taking a long time to heal. P frUHl-fefl'tlit] A     0 [VNN, VN] It’ll take her time to

recover from the illness. M 0 % flf 1c Rtf lit] e 0 It’ll take time (= take a long time) for her to recover from the illness. M      H fll -fc lit] X t& & & <, o [V] / need a

shower—I won’t take long. §£HXXWt,   fltf

|b]0 c> note at last1

►                 NEED flf 30 [no passive] to need or require sth in order

to happen or be done frlf;      : [VN to inf] It only

takes one careless driver to cause an accident. K -IcW1--

0 It doesn’t take

much to make her angry. M zft % ft A 1$ H u O [VN] (informal) He didn’t take much persuading (= he was easily persuaded).          PIrftfii&Mftfco 31 [VN]

[no passive] (not used in the progressive tenses T.ffiT ffi ff flit) (of machines, etc. til % #) to use sth in order to work ; BF1: All new cars take unleaded petrol,

►                  SIZE OF SHOES/CLOTHESH /     32 [VN] [no passive] (not used in the progressive tenses 7 T M ff ftt) to wear a particular size in shoes or clothes WFB ( ■ -Rffl &)$£&#SB. ) : What size shoes do you take?

►                 HOLD/CONTAIN & # T ; fe# 33 [VN] [no_passive] (not

used in the progressive tenses X A fr fl’t) to have enough space for sth/sb; to be able to hold or contain a particular quantity ffM;    The bus can take 60

passengers.         ^ro The tank

takes 50 litres,    50 f[0

►                 TEACH/LEAD      ft® 34 [VN] ~ sb (for sth) | ~ sth to

be the teacher or leader in a class or a religious service U ( is ) ;         ) : The head teacher usually

takes us for French. ^ ii #      ± & iff if □

STUDY - j 35 [VN] to study a subject at school, college,

etc. , iH, 1# (        ) : She is planning to take a

computer course. MtT#£—0 How many subjects are you taking this year?  ?

►                 EXAM %irt 36 [VN] to do an jexam or a test #|p (

) : When did you take your driving test? /,

►                 TRANSPORT/ROAD Aifi XH; 37 [VN] to use a form of transport, a road, a path, etc. to go to a place

mm ( ) ; m. ( it ) ; ^ ( B&m ) : to take the

bus/plane/train m&mH^ / PS^il / jkX 0 to take a cab o Take the second road on the right. %nX □ [o] X © o 0 It’s more interesting to take the coast road.

►                 GO OVER/AROUND    iii ;     38 [VN] to go        over or

around sth ©lil;    The horse took    the first

fence well. 0 He takes

bends much too fast.

►                 IN SPORTS jgziij 39 [VN] (of a player in a sports game

$ W fct# B3 to kick or throw the ball from a

fixed or agreed position M',   to take a penalty/free

kick/comer ^^5^

►                 VOTE/SURVEY g f| ; i$ ft 40 [VN] to use a particular

method to find out people’s opinions #i|f (         ) ; #

'U (    ) ; M'li (      ) : to take a vote/polVsurvey

►                 BE SUCCESSFUL h%Dl 41 [V] to be successful; to work $

#J;       trtfifi: The skin graft failed to take, folk

mmm^o

►                 GRAMMAR }/ 42 [VN] (not used in the progressive

tenses X^Xittftflt) (of verbs, nouns, etc. zjfris], ^gi^^) to have or require sth when used in a sentence or other structure (   +        The

verb ‘rely’ takes the preposition ‘on’. rely ^ onjj^o

rmn Most idioms containing take are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example take the biscuit is at biscuit.          take (ft >H£, #

$n take the

biscuit fEis]^ biscuit To l> you, etc. can’t take sb

'anywhere (informal, often humorous) used to say that you cannot trust sb to behave well in public ( ^ Ul AT ) i'JWJLf|5#TfBA have (got) what it 'takes (informal) to have the qualities, ability, etc. needed to be successful ( J$, ?b )     mtim ) take sth as it

comes | take sb as they come to accept sth/sb without wishing it/them to be different or without thinking about it/them very much in advance A T iJfl ^; M ^ § Wk: She takes life as it comes, jffe I#

‘take it (that ...) to suppose; to assume {gX; Mi5;; 15:^1; IMA: I take it you won’t be coming to the party?       take it

from 'me (that ...) (informal) used to emphasize that what you are going to say is the truth

if M &          : Take it from me—he’ll be a millionaire

before he’s 30.    «JTT 30

Tf'MMo take it on/upon yourself to do sth to decide to do sth without asking permission or advice }f g # ±;       sb can take it or 'leave it 1 used to say

that you do not care if sb accepts or rejects your offer ^3? It fit HI;     2 used to say that sb

does not have a strong opinion about sth nj^" of ft; ft Iff if; ftilmb?: Dancing? I can take it or leave it. ©Ilf ? fie ©l T ©i %ISff o take it/a lot 'out of sb to make sb physically or mentally tired

Taking care of small children takes it out of you. M # T ® ^ fS HSf A o take some/a lot of 'doing

(informal) to need a lot of effort or time; to be very difficult to do ^ A ; ft ; M A ; .take 'that! (informal) used as an exclamation when you are hitting sb or attacking them in some other way ( tTAflti# ) #tT, HIS IJil^i .take sb a'back [usually passive] to shock or surprise sb very much $>■   $£••• Ang-^IsC

.take 'after sb [no passive] 1 (not used in the progres­sive tenses T TiStfr ff't) to look or behave like an older member of your family, especially your mother or father ( M fr A ) \% ( 5C sk # ) : Your daughter doesn’t take after you at all. Ifo A JLA# — & JL f&T# jfc 0 2 (NAmE, informal) to follow sb quickly it ££ ;