Take back - 1. to take, return, accept; 2. to remind of, to cause to remember the past 1. He took back his bicycle. I need to take this coat back to the store, it's torn inside. She will never take him back after what he did. He took back his words and apologized. 2. This music takes me back to my youth. 1. , , ; 2. ,
Take down - to tear down That building was taken down last year. ,
Take someone for someone - to confuse with somebody else, mistake for someone Sorry, I took you for your sister. Who do you take me for? -
Take in - 1. to accept as tenants; 2. to make narrower 1. Mr. Bates takes in students. 2. The skirt is too wide at the waist, you need to take it in. 1. ; 2.
take off - 1. to remove (clothes); 2. to lift off (about a plane) 1. He took off his coat. 2. The plane took off at 7 o'clock. 1. (); 2. ( )
take on - 1. to hire; 2. to undertake, to assume (responsibility, duties); 3. to acquire (another quality, look, etc.) 1. The plant is taking on new workers. 2. He took on several new tasks. 3. After his explanation, the situation took on a different light. 1. ; 2. , (, ); 3. ( , )
Take out - to take outside She took out her wallet. Please take out the garbage. I'd like pizza with mushrooms to take out. ,
Take it out on (someone) - to make someone else suffer because you are angry or dissatisfied He comes home tired and angry and takes it out on his wife and children. Don't take it out on me! -
Take over - to assume control, responsibility or management When the boss is away, James takes over the company. -
Take to something / someone - to develop a habit; to begin to like something / someone He took to fishing. He took to drinking. She took to him as soon as she met him. -; - / -
take up - 1. to begin doing something new; 2. to use (time, space).1. She took up painting last year. 2. Gardening takes up a lot of time. This huge wardrobe takes up a lot of space. 1. - ; 2. (, )
talk about someone / something - to speak about someone / something What are you talking about? We talked about Tom and his family. / - / -
talk back to someone - to answer rudely Don't talk back to the teacher! , -
talk someone into (doing) something - to persuade someone into (doing) something He talked her into selling the house. He talked her into giving him all her money. - -
talk on something - to deliver a speech, speak on something He talked on the necessity of reforms. He talked on the future of the company. -, -
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talk someone out of (doing) something - to persuade someone out of doing something He talked her out of selling the house. He talked her out of getting a dog. - -
talk over - to discuss I talked it over with my family.
talk to / with someone - speak to / with someone She is talking with / to her friend right now. , , -
tear down - to take down, to demolish That building was torn down last year. ,
tear off - to tear from, to rip from He tore off his jacket and jumped into the water. He tore off a piece of paper and wrote his telephone on it. (, ); - ( -)
tear out - to tear from, to rip from I wonder why he tore out page 5. He tore out a piece of paper and wrote his telephone on it. - ( -)
tear up - to destroy by tearing into pieces She tore up his letter angrily. ,
tell someone about something - to inform someone about something He told me about your plans. Tell me about your family, please. , - -
tell apart - to see the difference Can you tell the twins apart? ,
tell by something - to judge by something I could tell by his voice that he was scared. , -
tell one from another - to see the difference between two things Can you tell this brand of tea from the one we used before?
tell on someone - 1. to have a bad effect on someone; 2. to inform of bad behavior 1. Hard work is beginning to tell on his health. 2. Promise not to tell on me! 1. - / -; 2. -
