Hi everyone, I'm Arnel. The word take is extremely common in English, so it makes
sense that there are loads of expressions with the word take. In today's lesson I'm
going to teach you 11 common expressions with the word take. Learn each expression
as a whole. If you want the definition of take for every single expression you'll go crazy.
Just learn each expression as one piece of vocabulary. You know I love tests, so at the
end of this lesson I have a test for you with 11 sentences. Can you let me know your score in
the comments below? Did you get 11 correct out of 11? Maybe just 8 correct out of 11? Let me know!
Today's expressions are mainly used in spoken English in conversations. You wouldn't really
see these in writing except for number seven. Number seven can be formal. Let's take a look.
Number one: Let's take a look. Take a look, take a look. Definition: You look at something
in detail. So I'm not talking about a quick look. You're looking for details, you're really paying
attention. The doctor took a look in my ear. Let me just quickly remind you of the verb
forms: Take, took, and taken. So in this sentence I'm using took, because I want the past simple.
Can you take a look at this letter I got? I don't really understand everything. In today's lesson
we're taking a look at take expressions. Okay, well the other night my husband and I watched
the movie Dune. The story takes place in the year 10 ,191 on the planet Arrakis. Number two: Take
place. Definition: Something happens at this time or location. So this movie takes place time, year:
10,191. Where? On the planet Arrakis. The events in this documentary take place during World War
II. I'm reading a book which takes place in the Amazon
rainforest. The story takes place in 1991 Brunswick, Georgia. Dune is a pretty long movie, it's about
two and a half hours long, give or take 10 minutes. Number three: Give or take. Definition: We add or
subtract a number because we don't know the exact number. So normally you'll see this: give
or take, plus a number. The movie is about two and a half hours long, give or take ten minutes. So maybe
the movie is actually 2 hours and 40 minutes. Maybe it's actually 2 hours and 20 minutes.
I'm giving and taking 10 minutes. How tall are you? I'm 5'9" give or take an inch. Let's take a
moment to look at this: 5'9" when we're talking about height. One little line represents Feet.
Two little lines represent inches. So I could say I'm 5 feet 9 inches, but that's not necessary. For example,
I can say: My dad is 6'2". Everyone knows I mean he's 6 feet 2 inches tall. I'm 5'9" give or take an
inch. The repairs should cost $100 give or take. You can see in this example I'm not
giving you a number, sometimes it's obvious. It should be about $100, give or take a couple of
dollars, give or take $10. The movie Dune was my choice. My husband's not a big fan
of science fiction, fantasy. So last week I chose this movie. This week he'll choose the
movie. Next week I'll choose the movie again, you can see a pattern. My husband and I take
turns choosing what movie to watch. Take turns, definition: Two people alternate what they do.
The kids have to take turns using the slide. Soldiers took turns sleeping and guarding
the camp. Okay, I enjoyed the movie so much that I even bought the book, I'm reading it
now. I take it you enjoy reading? I do, I do enjoy reading. I take it. I
take it, plus subject plus verb. I believe this is correct, but I'm not 100% sure. We
use I take it, plus our observation, but we're not really 100% sure. So in
this example, I take it you enjoy reading? This is what I think, but I don't really
know. I take it you're not interested in the job offer considering your
hesitation? Parker? You named your baby Parker?
Yeahuh. Oh. Like, officially? I take it you're not fans?
Okay, I take it you're not fans of the baby name Parker? So this lady is making the observation:
Hmm... I don't think they're fans of the baby name, Parker. I think she's right, it's pretty
obvious in their faces they don't like it. Let's move on, enough about Dune and watching things.
Lydia and Amy work together. They're also really
close friends. Last Friday Amy locked up but she forgot to put the shutters
down. Someone smashed the window, we don't know why. Later, Lydia is talking to a friend of hers: Oh the
boss is going to kill Amy. I'll just tell him the shudder fob wasn't working, it wasn't Amy's fault.
But if he tests the fob today it's going to work. You're right. I'll just tell him it was my fault, I
forgot. What? You can't take the fall for Amy. Take the fall for someone, definition: People
blame you for another person's mistake, or another person's crime. It's like you
fall, not the other person. You can't take the fall for Amy's mistake. Doug's parents found
cigarettes in his coat pocket. His older brother told their parents that they were actually his
cigarettes. He took the fall for his younger brother because he didn't want him to get in
trouble. If we use Whitney's phone to send threatening messages, she'll take the fall, not
us. You can't take the fall for Amy. To be honest, she takes advantage of your kindness. To take
advantage of someone or something, definition: You use someone for your own benefit. You don't care
if you hurt someone, you don't care if you lie, you want something. So Jim is telling Lydia, Amy
is using you, she's using your kindness. Let's look at an article from Forbes, I'll link this
article down below for you if you want to read the whole thing. It's about leadership, being a
boss. You have to show your team members that you care about them, not take advantage of their fear.
You know as a boss you don't want to use your employees fear for your own benefit. Okay, okay.
Let's watch a clip, this is a clip from the TV series The Big Bang Theory. I think some of
you might have heard of this show. In this clip you'll hear take advantage of, and another take
expression. Okay, this guy sold these guys some helium. Helium is a gas that can be used to fill
balloons, maybe it's the same word in your language. Anyway, these two guys decided they don't want the
helium tank anymore and they want to return it to the seller. You're good guy so I'll uh, I'll take
the helium off your hands. Thank you. But you ain't getting your money back. You're taking advantage
of us? First things first. Ain't is slang, it's bad grammar. Here it means you are not, you ain't. Okay,
let's look at number eight: to take something off your hands. Definition: Take from you, remove from
a place. I'll take the helium off your hands means: I'll take it from you, give it to me. I'm happy to
take that old couch off your hands if you don't need it anymore. I need a couch. I'm I'm looking
for a babysitter who can take the kids off my hands for a few hours every Monday. So you can
see we can mean physical objects like a couch. Or something just temporary like watching the
kids. And we see number seven, here. You're taking advantage of us? You're using us for your own
benefit? It's nice having two expressions in one clip. Let's go back to Lydia's drama.
You're right, Amy does take advantage of my kindness. Last week she was late
for work, so I lied and told the manager that she had car trouble.
Please tell me you're joking. Amy is such a
troublemaker. I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but it takes two to tango. Okay, our
next two expressions: take something the wrong way, and it takes two to tango. Let's start with
number nine. To take something the wrong way is to be offended. So Jim is saying, I don't want you
to be offended. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but your cooking has really improved.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but could you please use deodorant? Your BO
is really strong. BO. BO stands for body odor, body smells. BO is not a good thing. Like if
you go to a gym locker room, you'll smell lots of BO. Normally when we use this expression we
use it in the negative. Do not take this the wrong way, with but. But that's not always necessary.
My teenage daughter takes everything I say the wrong way, she's offended by everything
I say. Okay, let's move on to number 10: It takes two to tango. Tango is a type of dance.
Anyway, you need two people to Tango, right? So this expression
means: Both people involved in a problem are
responsible. Leonard blames his ex-wife for all of their marital problems. Marital is an adjective,
marriage is the noun, marital is the adjective. So he blames his ex-wife for all of their marital problems.
I reminded him it takes two to tango. In this clip a father and a daughter are talking about
honesty. You're being honest with me right? We have that kind of relationship you said. Right, we do
or we don't. It takes two to Tango. So the father is saying, if we want an honest relationship, we both
need to be honest, it takes two to tango. Okay, that was number 10. I know there's been a lot of
information in this lesson and I know students struggle with learning vocabulary, memorizing
vocabulary and expressions. But what I tell them is, take it slow. Number 11, take it slow. Shouldn't it
be, take it slowly? Don't we need the adverb? No, the expression is take it slow. Definition: Do something
in a careful and relaxed way so you don't need to memorize all of these expressions in one day. Come
back and watch this video again next week, just take it slow. After the surgery the doctor advised
Camille to take it slow, and not exert herself too much. Exert the verb means to use a lot of effort.
So the doctor's telling her don't exercise, don't carry anything too heavy, take it slow. Bill and
Pamela are in a new relationship. They're taking it slow, they're not talking about meeting each
other's parents, they're not talking about marriage, they're taking it slow. Right, I think it's time
for a test. This test is a vocabulary test and a memory test. I want to see how well you remember
all 11 expressions. Can you complete each sentence with one word from the box? Pause the video to do
this. Okay, here are the answers. How did you do? Please let me know your score in the comments
below, I really love hearing from you. And now that you've been introduced to these 11
expressions I'm sure you'll start hearing them in movies, in podcasts, maybe outside somewhere.
Thank you so much for watching this lesson, I hope it helped you. I'll see you next time!
Bye!