especially as a payment |q    A; ft : The fine

will be taken out of your wages.

$7 .take it/sth out on sb to behave in an unpleasant way towards sb because you feel angry, disappointed, etc., although it is not their fault fa • • jffi; ^        :

OK, so you had a bad day. Don’t take it out on me. ,

0 She tended to take her frustrations out on her family.

^IA#±tto .take sb out of himseif/herself to make sb forget their worries and become less concerned with their own thoughts and situation    A^AMS

.take over (from sth) to become bigger or more important than sth else; to replace sth £±M; 3X.M#; A: Try not to let negative thoughts take over. A-ilAiJS 0 It has been suggested that mammals took over from dinosaurs 65 million years ago. A A#lft 6500)A¥Mf«:feltto .take 'over (from sb) | .take sth—over (from sb) 1 to begin to have control of or responsibility for sth, especially in place of sb else It# ;   2 to gain

control of a political party, a country, etc. g? it!), JtH (         ) : The army is threatening to take over

if civil unrest continues.

HA .take sth—over to gain control of a business, a company, etc., especially by buying shares Ititfc, Self (£4k,     CBS Records was

taken over by Sony. If>f£tb^rIf#ni >1 A^l E /B A-^] i&JA o — related noun takeover .take sb through sth to help sb learn or become familiar with sth, for example by talking about each part in turn IfMA^ATH; #£AMM: The director took us through the play scene by scene.

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take to sth [no passive] 1 to go away to a place, espe­cially to escape from danger ( AiiiSlaM ) i§#, 1$ f ij: The rebels took to the hills, jk ® # 1$ & lU fi 0 2 to begin to do sth as a habit

If: [+ -ing] I’ve taken to waking up very early. $,E1M fk >) 'If, M %     f - o 3 to develop an ability for sth

• • [ft His A: She took to tennis as if she’d been playing all her life. MMmmtm,

'take to sb/sth [no passive] to start liking sb/sth ffhaUffi.', rt-'-f*£.#?■!$*■■ I took to my new boss imme­diately. IS§r7*£7o He hasn’t taken to his new school.

.take up to continue, especially starting after sb/sth else has finished mm\ JIT A: The band’s new album takes up where their last one left off.

.take 'up sth to fill or use an amount of space or time AM (  )r; AH ( $

|b] ) : The table takes up too much room. i‘ii„ 0 I won’t take up any more of your time. ISA# .take sth—'up 1 to make sth such as a piece of clothing shorter # ( AM# ) : This

skirt needs taking up.  WS? let

down 2 to learn or start to do sth, especially for pleasure ( AtaA^il )          They’ve taken

up golf fife ill        A Af£A 7 o o She has taken up

(= started to learn to play) the oboe.         ft HA

; 7« 3 to start or begin sth such as a job ff : He takes up his duties next week.

4 to join in singing or saying sth n|]; — Ai#: to take up the chorus jfjfl AlfUl 0 Their protests were later taken up by other groups. j^ftfe/MMjs AftAP A 7ftfedit 7L 7t M o 5 to continue sth that sb else has not finished, or that has not been mentioned for some time

mm ((ui) =

She took up the story where Tim had left off. jtlfegclf A# #1A i# :a; lA ♦ o o I’d like to take up the point you raised earlier.          ifcfMMSRM&ltft#)l«]g,

6                  to move into a particular position A, A H ( a ) : I took up my position by the door. ISfEft 7 H P«,

7                  to accept sth that is offered or available ( 5ii/

) : to take up a challenge       o

She took up his offer of a drink. ftfei#Mn§—#,

7 o .take up with sb (informal) to begin to be friendly with sb, especially sb with a bad reputation ff lift ££

          (ftA ) .take sb 'up on sth 1 to ques­

tion sb about sth, because you do not agree with them M W; SW: I must take you up on that point. gPi'i'oliS A c 2 (informal) to accept an offer, a bet, etc. from sb ( HiSL tTjft# ) : Thanks for the invitation—we’ll take you up on it some time. itMtlff W££1#iiii, & 0 3Mn-m*f»o .take sth 'up with sb to speak or write to sb about sth that they may be able to deal with or help you with fa #i ft ; ^ •• •  :

They decided to take the matter up with their MP. #/|]A W«0 be .taken 'up with sth/sb to be giving all your time and energy to sth/sb 'A77;

be taken with sb/sth to find sb/sth attractive or inter­esting     ; 2£±; We were all very

taken with his girlfriend. lcf[llP^;f#ftfeWAMA##i|A #)&„ o I think he’s quite taken with the idea. IciAAftfe

■ noun 1 a scene or part of a film/movie that is filmed at one time without stopping the camera (

) MM,         We managed to get it right in

just two takes.

7 o 2 [usually sing.] (informal) an amount of money that sb receives, especially the money that is earned by a business during a particular period of time A A^; jffi takings : How much is my share of the take? % W 3         ^ ife A M £ p> ? 3 ~ on sth (informal) the

particular opinion or idea that sb has about sth .icJfL: What’s his take on the plan? ftfe/liA^if M.f>1? O a new take on the Romeo and Juliet story (= a way of presenting it) M i

if ^ — see also double take be on the 'take {informal) to accept money from sb for helping them in a dishonest or illegal way ; j^;|£# A

take-away /'teikawei/ {BrT) {NAmE 'take-out) (also carry-out US, ScotE) noun 1 a restaurant that cooks and sells food that you take away and eat somewhere else 2 a meal that you buy at this type of

restaurant /h W   : Let’s have a take­

away tonight.

take-down /'teikdaun/ noun 1 a move in which a wrestler quickly gets his/her opponent down to the floor from a standing position (     ) #WA7lA

2 (informal) an arrest or unexpected visit by the

_ police ( waw ) futtm \m, ^

'take-home pay noun [U] the amount of money that you earn after you have paid tax, etc. (

'take-off noun 1 [u, C] the moment at which an aircraft leaves the ground and starts to fly ( ;~T$ #1 (ft ) & \ : The plane is ready for take-off. A III iH j§- RS 0| A» o take-off speed ® AilJS 0 (figurative) The local economy is poised for take-off.       EEHlanding

2 [C, U] the moment when your feet leave the ground when you jump 3 [C] if you do a take-off of sb, you copy the way they speak or behave, in a humorous way to entertain people ( ZlftfeAWfiW )

take-over /'teikauvoft); NAmE -ou-/ noun [C, U] 1 an act of taking control of a company by buying most of its shares ift ; ££H If : a takeover bid for the company    2 an act of taking control of

a country, an area or a political organization by force

onsm, nfeix, m&mm®) warn, mm

taker /'teika(r)/ noun 1 [usually pi.] a person who is willing to accept sth that is being offered A: They won’t find many takers for the house at that price. \

2 (often in compounds a person who

takes sth    drug takers MU# O It is better to be

a giver than a taker.

'take-up noun [U, sing.] the rate at which people accept sth that is offered or made available to them ( Ml1!# (ft )      a low take-up of government benefits i&fft

tak-ings /'teikirjz/ noun [pi.] the amount of money that a shop/store, theatre, etc. receives from selling goods or tickets over a particular period of time (    R|$]f$ )