Lesson 72. Phrasal verbs. To take.

Grammar

Take along – брать с собой (в дорогу), приводить, привозить.

She took her sister along to the hospital. – Она привела свою сестру в больницу.

Take me along. – Возьми меня с собой.

Take apart – разбирать, анализировать, раскритиковать (отругать, отчитать кого-либо).

He spent two days taking his car apart. – Он два дня разбирал по частям свою машину.

The director will take her excuses apart. – Директор быстро разберется в ее отговорках.

Take back – возвращать, взять обратно (признать, что ваше мнение неверно).

It’s not easy to take back everything I said but I will do this. – Нелегко взять назад свои слова, но я это сделаю.

Take this bag back to the shop and change it. – Отнеси эту сумку назад в магазин и поменяй.

Take down – снимать (откуда-то), снять (одежду), сносить, записывать, разобрать (машину), сбить спесь (с кого-либо); снизить (цену), уничтожить.

Did you take down his speech? – Ты записал его речь?

She took down the picture from the wall. – Она сняла картину со стены.

The building was taken down. – Здание снесли.

Take your coat down. – Снимайте пальто.

Take in – вносить; ушивать (одежду), убирать (паруса) ; включать; усваивать; обманывать; давать приют (брать жильцов); брать работу на дом; осматривать, посещать.

It was a boring lesson and I didn’t take in the essence of the new theme. – Это был скучный урок, и я не понял суть новой темы.

You could earn some extra money by taking in students. – Ты можешь заработать дополнительные средства, если будешь предоставлять жилье студентам.

She takes in sewing. – Она берет на дом шитье.

She took in her skirt. – Она ушила свою юбку.

We were completely taken in. – Нас здорово провели.

Take off – снимать (одежду), уводить, увозить, уносить; копировать, имитировать; взлетать; снимать запрет; приобрести популярность, пользоваться успехом; сделать перерыв в работе (взять отгул).

Take your hands off the table. – Убери руки со стола.

I had a lot of work and now I’m going to take two days off. – У меня было много работы, а сейчас я хочу взять два выходных.

The plane took off in time. – Самолет взлетел вовремя.

He took off his cap. – Он снял кепку.

Task 1. Choose the correct option

1. Не looks like his mother — he takes after / to / for her.
2. Do you take me after / in / for an idiot?
3. The plane could not take off / up / to because of the snow.
4. He took after / up / in swimming when his doctor told him he needed to more exercises.
5. The company took in / up / on several new employees to cope with the extra demand.
6. He took up / down / on everything the lecturer said in his notebook.
7. She took down / to / in drinking after her husband died.
8. I took my hat off / on / out when I entered the building.
9. If you don’t take your books out / back / into to the library on time, you have to pay a fine.
10. He refused to take what he had said in / back / into even though he knew he was wrong.
11. I couldn’t put the radio back together after I had taken it off / out on / apart.

Task 2. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate phrasal verb "to take"

1. Please take your hat ___ when you go inside a building.
2. Both my sister and I take ___ our father
3. He took the car brakes ____ and found the problem.
4. My grandparents took us ... for dinner and a movie.
5. I have taken ... going for a five-mile run every morning.
6. Studying takes... most of my time.
7. Sophie has just been taken ... with a permanent contract.
8. She had to take everything... of her handbag before she found her papers.
9. We were all taken ... by the news.

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