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hi everybody welcome back to know your
verbs my name is Alicia and in this
lesson we're going to talk about the
verb take let's get started
let's begin with the basic definition of
this verb so the basic definition of the
verb to take is to remove something but
often without permission to remove it
some examples of this you took the last
cookie your dog is about to take your
lunch now let's look at the conjugations
for this verb present take takes past
took past participle taken progressive
taking
now let's talk about some additional
meanings for this verb the first one the
first additional meaning is to receive
or to accept something some examples
does this restaurant take credit cards
all the teachers took a 5% pay cut so in
the first example sentence does this
restaurant take credit cards
take here means except in other words
this sentence means can I use a credit
card at this restaurant but we use the
verb take in an expression like this
instead does this restaurant take credit
cards does this restaurant accept credit
cards we use the verb take here in the
second example sentence it also means
accept or receive but in this case it
means like probably that the teachers
are not willing or they're not happy
about a 5% pay cut but they have to
accept it they have no choice but to
accept it so they took a 5% pay cut so
the expression all the teachers took a
5% pay cut shows they received it or
they accepted this 5% pay cut but maybe
they weren't really happy about it or
they didn't want to but they accepted it
so the second additional meaning of this
verb is to cause something to go to
another place so examples of this I
should have taken an umbrella to the
office that bus will take you to the
airport okay so here we see take being
used to describe maybe an object or a
person moving to another location
because of something else in the first
example sentence it's a person like I
should have taken an umbrella to the
office so I should have moved my
umbrella from probably my house to my
office I should have done that myself in
the second example sentence that bus
will take you to the airport
it means via that bus using that bus
your body you as a person will cause to
be moved to the airport so we use the
verb take to do that
that bus will take you to the airport
move you to the airport let's move on to
the third additional meaning for this
verb the third additional meaning for
this verb is to grasp to hold or to grip
something examples of this
can you take my bag for a second take
this pen and write your name so here we
see take being used to mean like hold
something or grip something in the first
example we see a very common expression
can you take my bag for a second you're
asking someone else please hold this for
a moment please just carry this for a
moment so please take this bag please
take this phone please take my keys or
something for a short period of time is
sort of the feeling here in the second
example sentence take this pen and write
your name it's two commands actually
take this pen one meaning put this pen
in your hand hold this in your hand and
after that write your name probably with
the pen so we're meaning hold or carry
or grasp something but we use the verb
take here instead in most cases we use
take just for quick everyday expressions
like these okay let's move on to the
fourth additional meaning for the verb
so the fourth additional meaning is
quite open it's to do or to perform
something so examples of this
I've taken that test five times let me
take a look at that email so I said this
means like to do or to perform something
but when I say perform I don't mean like
to perform entertainment I mean like to
do an action I mean perform as like the
formal version of do something so in the
first example sentence I've taken the
test five times
it means like I have done essentially I
have registered and written the test the
act of test taking I have done that I've
performed the test five times in the
second example sentence let me take a
look at that email we could say let me
look at that email but saying take a
look it sounds a little bit more casual
kind of a little bit quicker
I suppose do if you say let me look at
that email and maybe it sounds more
focused take a look sounds like maybe a
quick a quick look only or it sounds a
little bit faster I suppose so take a
look means to do something okay
let's move on to some variations for the
verb take of course actually with this
verb there are a lot of idioms and a lot
of phrasal verbs so these are just a few
you can check a dictionary online to see
some more examples as well but these are
some that might be useful to you right
away the first variation for this verb
is to take after someone to take after
someone to take after someone means to
resemble someone or meaning to look like
someone but not just in appearance this
can be in terms of personality in terms
of your behavior maybe in terms of your
career choices so some examples of this
she takes after her father I hope the
kids don't take after their grandmother
okay so the first one she takes after
her father means she does something that
is similar to her father in the second
example sentence I hope the kids don't
take after their grandmother the speaker
hopes the children don't have the same
behavior or don't have the same
something maybe personality or may looks
appearance they don't do something
similar to their grandmother so to take
after someone means to resemble someone
in some way okay let's move on to the
second variation for this verb so the
second variation is to take someone or
something on so we can use to take
someone on to take something on both of
these kind of have the image of a
challenge of some kind so we're
accepting a challenge this can be a
physical challenge or it can mean like a
career challenge a project challenge a
conceptual challenge examples if you
threaten him he'll take you on I'm
taking on some new responsibilities at
work in the first example sentence it
could be a physical challenge if you
threaten him he'll take you on this
could mean a physical fight so accepting
a physical fight he'll take you 1 he
will take you on means he will accept
your challenge so that could mean having
a physical fight it could mean having
some kind of like legal fight we don't
know it's quite an open expression but
it means he will accept your challenge
and try to win in the second example
sentence I'm taking on some new
responsibilities at work we
see that the speaker has received new
responsibilities or maybe has agreed to
take new responsibilities has agreed to
accept new responsibilities and they're
going to try to achieve those things
that achieve new goals for example so
I'm taking on I'm accepting and trying
to work hard on a new challenge okay
let's move along to the third variation
the third variation is to take something
back to take something back actually has
two different meanings depending on the
context let's start with the first one
the first meaning of to take something
back is to return something to a store
examples I need to take back that
sweater
have you taken back those shoes so here
to take back just means to return an
item to a store something you purchased
you want your money to be returned to
you so you return the item and you
receive your money we say take back I
need to take this item back to the store
I need to return this item is what it
means however there is a second meaning
for to take back
it means like to cancel or to nullify
something that you previously said or
previously wrote usually because there
was a mistake or there was something
wrong or you offended somebody there was
some problem with what you said examples
you should take back what you said about
her
our manager took back her comments about
our design when she saw how successful
it was all right so in these examples we
see people in situations where someone
should sort of cancel or someone should
like agree that the thing that they said
in the past was wrong in the first
example sentence you should take back
what you said about her it means you
need to recognize that you said
something incorrect or inappropriate
about her and you should recognize that
and like try to sort of fix the problem
fix that situation so you can't of
course not
unsay words if that makes sense you
can't just physically remove your words
from someone's memory but you can
recognize that you made a mistake and
say that like you can say okay I take it
back I'm sorry like I cancel what I've
said before in other words in the second
example sentence we see it in past tense
our manager took back her comments so
meaning the manager recognized that she
made a mistake
so her previous comments were probably
negative about the design she took back
her comments meaning she recognized her
mistake and she admitted she had been
wrong when she saw that the design was
successful so we see to take back or in
this case past tense took back refers to
recognizing in the past that you made a
mistake in your speech or in your
writing and saying so to people so I
made a mistake I take it back
so those are a few new ways to use the
verb take I hope I hope that you found
something new that you can use quickly
of course as I said there are many many
different ways to use take as both a
noun and a verb for that matter please
take a look at a dictionary if you want
to get some more details about this word
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well thanks very much for watching this
episode of know your verbs and we'll see
you again soon bye Mike let's take a
look at take why
my snowshoeing so the second additional
meaning is to cause something to go to
another place did you see my hand no the
second meaning is to cause something to
go to a different place that was pretty
good actually
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