ten phrasal verbs using take hello everyone my name is Anna English this is
baby English and we are very excited to be introducing you to 10 phrasal verbs
using the verb take now for every phrasal verb I introduce I would like
you to write sentence using that phrasal verb in the comment section below and I
will try to correct you number one take down take down means to remove something
usually something that you put up for example you put up a picture on the wall
if you don't like that picture then you might take it down take down is often
used in the digital world when talking about websites pictures or videos many
people on in YouTube if they do not follow the Community Guidelines will
have their videos taken down take down can also be used to mean
this mantle so if you had to put together furniture and then you are
taking it apart you could say I took down the Wardrobe on my own or I put up
the bed on my own I can take it down on my own I can take it apart and dismantle
it so tell me have you taken something down recently or have you ever had
something taken down today I took a picture down and a few months ago I had
a video taken down which was most distressing
Would you look at that. Look
at what? those two getting all fruity in the back of the bowl. Since when was
pineapple interested in vegetables? hmm I think an avocado is technically a
fruit actually. no! I think you'll find it is, google it if you don't believe me.
well fruit or vegetable I would love to know his secret I'm much more attractive
than he is and she said the idea of snuggling up with me made her blow
chunks I don't get it. it's all about the
language. I hear she's highly attracted to
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after to take after normally you take after a person someone in your family
who is older than you and it means that you have similarities to that person
perhaps in your personality in the way you look in the way that you behave in
the way that you speak for example I could say I take after my mum in terms
of my looks or I take after my grandma I love languages and sometimes I wonder if
my baby will take after me who do you take after number three
take out take out normally you take a person out now typically this is used
when talking about taking someone on a date a romantic date but it can be used
to talk about just accompanying someone out for the day I could take my mother
out for example if she came to visit me in
London I would take her out for the day and it literally does means I'm going to
accompany her escort her out to a restaurant or out to the park or
whatever it is we've got planned so yesterday I took my mother out to the
theme park I remember the first time my boyfriend took me out it was so romantic
number four take in take in has a number of meanings firstly it can mean to
absorb information so if you've been given some information that is difficult
to understand perhaps it's shocking in some way perhaps it makes you feel
emotional you might need some time to absorb it to take it in so if I have
given you some bad news and you're obviously upset then I might say I give
you some time to take it all in or I might say to you at the end of a
business meeting hmm that was a wonderful presentation but I need a few
days to take it in take in can also mean to accept somebody into your home to
stay for example if you were desperate for a place to stay you have nowhere to
go you have hungry cold I would say to you
hey don't suffer I'll take you in come into my home I'll feed you I'll give you
a place to stay for a few nights make yourself comfortable
on this very old couch therefore I have taken you in have you ever taken anyone
in taking is also what you do to your clothing
if it's too big so I might say I need to take this dress in it's too big for me
and it's literally where you take some clothing you fold it over
usually on a join and you stitch it to make it smaller and tighter you take it
in now that's only at the sides in fact if you are taking the legs of your
trousers up then we say take up I need to take them up finally take in can mean
to deceive or to fool someone so if someone phones me up and lies to me
and fools me pretends to be my bank manager and I give them all my personal
details and my bank details then you could say Anna was completely taken in
by the man on the phone I was deceived I was fooled have you ever been taken in
by someone trying to scam you I hope not number 5 take away take away now we
often use this phrase when referring to food that is prepared in a restaurant
and then taken home to eat so if I'm hungry and I cannot be bothered to cook
which doesn't happen often then our phone my local takeaway
restaurant and say hello I'd like to order a Thai green curry please and
they'd say fine we'd sort out the payments the delivery and it would be
delivered to my door or I would go and pick it up and that food would be called
a takeaway so you could say last night I had a
takeaway it was delicious when was the last time you had a
takeaway number 6 take over now to take over have you ever been accused of
taking over I certainly have especially as a child
to take over means to take control you yes I am a control freak and I often
take over so imagine I am running a company and I decide I want to take some
time off to look after my baby and you come in and say it Anna I will take over
your responsibilities I will run the business while you are away
therefore you are taking over my position you are taking over my company
you took over last week I hope it's going well
number seven take up take up now we came across this one earlier you would take
up your trousers if they are a little bit too long but take up also has many
other more common uses for example if you begin a new hobby
or a sport perhaps then you would be taking up a hobby or taking up a sport
so a few years ago I took up gymnastics I started gymnastics a few years before
that I took up playing squash so that was a new hobby
sport that I took on my mum when she hit 50 took up flower arranging have you
recently taken up a hobby we also use take up when we mean to accept an offer
so for example if you offer to take me out for a day out in your country and
show me the sights and show me the best places to eat then I might take you up
take you up on your offer then later I would say last year when I visited this
country I took my friend up on their offer to
show me around I took my friend up on their offer so
have you ever taken anyone up on their offer and finally take up can also mean
to fill a space so at the moment because I'm so large
and I get very uncomfortable when I sit on this couch with my partner he says
that I take up most of the room because I spread out
I take up most of the space I fill the space number eight take on to take on
means to accept responsibility or additional commitment usually we use
this when talking about work so if you work as a contractor and you have many
contracts then you could say I think I've taken on too many contracts or I
can't take on any more work I can't accept any more commitment or
responsibilities as a teacher at the moment I am not taking on any new
students because of course I have something else to deal with in the very
near future but after the baby is born I may be taking on new students number
nine take off take off is a phrasal verb we use when talking about planes or
rockets or anything that leaves the ground so it means to leave the ground
to fly so a bird takes off a plane takes off the rocket will launch or take off
you might also hear take off being used when talking about a company or a brand
if a brand takes off then it means it suddenly become very popular I could
even say my video or my course has taken off it's become very very popular very
quickly almost like a plane flying into the sky finally take off can be used to
mean leave suddenly so if I in the middle of a conversation
grab my bag and run off then you could say what's wrong with Alice she just
took off is she okay number ten take back to take something back is to
retrieve something that you had once given away so if I give you
a flower they here have a sunflower just for you
and then I decide actually I want the sunflower for myself and I might take
back the sunflower of course it would be very rude to take back a gift but you
know sometimes it happens take back can also be used when you've done something
or said something wrong or something you regret and you wish that you could
rewind and undo it but you can't so you say I wish I could take it back or I
take back everything I said it's just the way of expressing that you regret
what's happened or you regret what you've said so if I say something
completely unethical or completely out of character that offends lots of people
then I would say I sincerely apologize I take it all back I take back what I said
I didn't mean to offend anybody and a special little bonus number eleven take
apart ah yes to take apart similar to take down this phrasal verb
means to dismantle but more specifically it really means to pull something to
pieces so you take it apart for example if I am a mechanic and I want to build a
car then I might have to take apart another car so I dismantle it so I could
find all the bits and parts that I need to build the new car so I take apart
that old car that doesn't work and I build a new car exciting well guys I
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