we're not gonna take it
no we ain't gonna take it we're not
gonna take it
anymore that's one of the songs i could
think of with the word take so
that's what you're getting today hey
everyone i'm alex
thanks for clicking and welcome to this
lesson on
thirty three zero you guys see thirty
right
three zero thirty common take phrases
in english so this is going to really
help you develop your vocabulary
and your ability to understand english
conversations
whether you're watching movies listening
to
youtube videos or listening to
conversations
on the street and it will help you sound
a lot more natural so you're not making
you know common mistakes or you're using
the incorrect
verb with some of these phrases because
sometimes people mix up
take and make for example and have even
so today let's look at take
so the first long list of phrases
refers to you know taking some time for
yourself
like take a break at work
if you you know you go for lunch or
you're working for two hours
three hours and you need
10 minutes to relax you can take a break
take a coffee break or take a cigarette
break
if you're smokers for example
and you can also take some time off
so if you are sick and you need to you
know
be away from work for a few days maybe a
few months
in some cases you need to take some time
off some people go on stress leave
for example because they are too
stressed at work
for example so you can take some time
off
uh you this is another way to also say
you know
take a vacation or take a holiday
so go to a place that you want to visit
on your vacation so that's taking a
vacation
taking a holiday take some time off take
a break
next take a shower take a bath
you can also say have a shower have a
bath
but usually when i'm telling someone in
my house
that i need to shower
or i need to bathe usually the verb i
use is
i'm going to take a shower okay so i
need to take a shower
you can also use have so it's not wrong
i just use take a lot more often and i
think most people use take more often
i think that's right if you disagree
tell me in the comments
take a walk or go for a walk
so if you just want to tell your friends
or your family
that you are going to go outside and
enjoy the park
enjoy nature enjoy the sun you can say
i'm gonna take a walk okay i'm gonna go
for a walk or i'm gonna take
a walk all right next
uh if you have a phone or you're
watching this right now on your phone
you can probably you know turn this off
and take a photo
with your phone of someone or something
so take a picture
take a photo if you're on public
transportation
don't take photos of strangers just
don't it's weird
keep watching this video hi is someone
watching this right now
hey stranger yeah stop looking at this
guy's phone
it's wrong next uh you can take a pill
or take medicine if you are sick
so uh stuff like stuff like ibuprofen or
acetaminophen acetaminophen
however you say that one it comes in a
little tablet
or a pill right so tablet is
usually the round one and pills usually
have stuff inside
they all have stuff inside basically
medicine okay
you have cough medicine comes in syrup
form it's a liquid form
and you also have the little tablets or
pills
so here take a pill here take an
ibuprofen
take some medicine take a course
so if you are studying somewhere
oh what are you taking what classes are
you taking
in university or college or high school
which classes are you taking this
session for example
so you can take a course take a class
take a program
you can also take a nap you cannot
cannot take a sleep but you can
take a nap a nap is a short
period where you are resting and
sleeping in the afternoon
uh siesta so if you know that word
it's the same idea with a nap take a
short
sleep in the afternoon because you're
tired or after work
uh take an interest in someone or
something so if you develop
a new hobby for example like let's say
suddenly you are really interested in
cooking
you can say huh i have taken an interest
in cooking so you have shown interest
you have a new interest and you you are
starting a new hobby
you take interest in cooking in this
particular example
you can also take an interest in someone
maybe someone you are interested in
romantically for example
or maybe you are interested in studying
a historical figure
so you have taken an interest in genghis
khan for example
say ah i took an interest in genghis
khan when i was in university
for example i keep saying for example
i'm sorry
if it's repetitive take a look take a
peek
so if you take a look at something i'm
just going to hide
peak for now take a look at something
it means that you examine something or
you simply
look at it so it can have it can have
two slightly different meanings
so if a friend wants to show you a video
on their phone
don't you love those people that just
want to show you youtube videos that's
not annoying right
it's like hey watch this for five
minutes
oh i have to okay
it's my lunch time but i'll watch this
video that
you're asking me to take a look at yep
still yeah okay it's funny yep
take your phone away so yeah so to take
a look
uh hey take a look it just means look
okay
um you can also examine something so
to take a look at something so uh if
your computer is having problems
maybe you need someone who you know
knows something more about computers
to take a look at your computer say hey
my email isn't working
or ah this program doesn't start can you
take a look
can you examine investigate see what's
going on
take a peek so peak is like this
right no peeking all right i am peaking
so if you take a peek you take a quick
look
okay so a look or a quick look
next take a risk take a chance
try something that puts you you know in
danger
maybe a little bit you have some chance
of something
negative happening to you in return but
you can take a risk
take a chance studying a new language
is a risk you don't know if you're going
to be
good at it you don't know if the time
you're investing
sometimes is going to be worth it in the
end hopefully it is
like for me i'm studying french and i'm
taking a risk
but i i i'm enjoying it so far it's good
next so these two are related
if you have seen my video on eating
vocabulary
i mention these two there take a bite or
take a sip
so to take a bite by the way you can
also use have
have a bite have a sip if you take a
bite
you try a small piece of something
like oh take a bite of pizza or take a
bite of a sandwich
that's how you bite like that okay
take a sip so take a sip means
take a small drink of something so take
a sip
of my coffee or have a sip of my coffee
or of tea or of water anything liquid
sometimes you sip because the drink is
very hot
or sometimes you offer someone
to take a sip because you want them to
try
the thing that you have all right so how
many do we have here one two three
it's a lot we have a lot we have a lot
so we have
a bunch more to do so let's continue the
video
okay next take part
in something this means you participate
in something so you can take part in
an event you can take part in
a play if you are in the theater for
example
you can take part in a group activity at
work
okay so you participate you take part in
a class
right now you are all taking part in an
english lesson on the internet next
take advantage of something or
of someone so you use something or
someone for
your benefit this can have a negative
meaning
or a positive meaning so you can take
advantage
of an opportunity for example
so if you see an advertisement
online for a job that you think
is going to be great for you you can
take advantage of
that opportunity and you can receive the
benefits from that opportunity if
someone
takes advantage of you they can take
advantage of
your kindness they can take advantage of
your financial situation for example
maybe they use you for money or they use
you
because you have a car and you can drive
them places
so if someone takes advantage of you
they use you uh for their benefits
because they are getting something from
you so
that's bad next take your time
don't rush do it step by step
take your time next
take back something or take something
back
this means to return something to its
rightful place so if you
take back uh well we don't have
rental services for movies anymore
uh the library perfect all right so if
you borrow a book from the library
you must return the book to the library
right so you take the book back
to the library um you can also
ask someone to take back their words or
their negative
intentions towards you so if someone
says
you're a horrible person you say take it
back
okay like take it back return it
inside your body and your heart you did
not mean that
um this means that you know you are
asking someone to
return their words as if they didn't
happen
maybe in the future when we can control
time
or like in infinity war with the time
infinity stone
you can go back and they can you can
force them to take back their words
maybe good movie the infinity war movie
with the avengers
next take a load off so this is a
an expression that you say to someone
if you want them to you know come into
your room or into your house
and you want them to relax so you invite
them into your house
they look tired and you say take a load
off
a load is something heavy that you are
carrying
now this is an idiomatic load
this is something you know if you look
like you're carrying something heavy or
you're tired
or maybe you're sick someone can invite
you to
take a load off and you go sit on the
couch
and you just
relax and just take a load off
okay take it easy
this can have a couple of different
meanings the most common one
obviously is you know relax
don't stress yourself don't work so hard
like take it easy calm down be
calm you can also use this when you're
saying goodbye to someone you can say
hey frank
all right see you tomorrow yeah take it
easy
this means like you know you wish that
their life is going to be
relaxed without stress no stress
just nice and easy take it
or leave it so if you are offering
someone
something um and you're giving them you
know the opportunity to take this thing
like if you have uh 20
and you want to buy something from
someone like let's say you want to buy
a new phone right and you say
20 take take the money or leave it
give me the phone for 20 you can take
the money or i'm gonna take
the money back so take it or leave it
is a very hard way to say this
is my final offer and you can take it
or you can leave it i don't care okay
so take it with you or i'm gonna take it
back
so take it or leave it so take my offer
or reject it i don't care right
next take the lead so
this is commonly used in sports uh it's
also used in business
but if a team you know you're you have a
team that has
one goal in a soccer game you have
another team that has
another goal that's a terrible way to
say that
one one is the score okay and then one
team scores
that team takes the lead okay so now
they have two
one if it's 2-1 and this team just
scored
they have taken the lead so you can take
the lead
you can also take the lead on a team or
in a business
or in a company if you show initiative
if you show that you want to you know be
the leader
you take the lead you say follow me
everyone i
am going to take the lead i'm the person
in front
okay so the person in front takes the
lead
next so to take off clothes
or glasses or anything that you can wear
on your body
this means to remove clothes or remove
your glasses
take off your shoes take off your socks
take off your earpieces or
headset if you have a headset so you can
take off
or remove anything that is on your body
the opposite is put on okay so you put
on your jacket
put on your shoes put on your socks
hopefully you put on your socks before
your shoes
that's usually the proper order the
other way seems
counter intuitive uh but let's keep
going
so finally take steps towards
something so this means that you are
doing the necessary things
you need to do to achieve a goal
a specific target that you have
so right now you by watching this video
are taking steps towards improving
your english you are taking steps
towards
guaranteeing success in your personal
life or your professional life
or your academic life and hopefully
this video has helped you to take more
steps towards reaching
those personal academic or professional
goals
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