Take! Take! Take? Take... Take is my favorite word but do you know every
single phrasal verb with TAKE that you need to know for the B2 First Cambridge exam?
No! Of course you don't because if you did you would not have clicked on this video,
would you? And if you do and you clicked on this video anyway then that's a waste
of time. And that's a terrible thing. My name is Toby, this is SMASH English and
here is every phrasal verb with TAKE that you need to know for the B2 First Cambridge exam!
To take after. To have similar characteristics to someone in your family. Inseparable and
transitive. So Bruce who do you take after in your family? Uh maybe my dad. He liked a drink as well.
Oh my god, Bruce that is so interesting! It's not funny, Monica. He had a problem. Okay yeah
whatever. I take after Beyonce. She's in your family? Well no not literally but
I think we're on the same like spiritual level if you know what I mean. Like,
she's a single lady, I'm a single lady, you know? You usually take after people that are above you
in your family. For example I cannot take after my brother because my brother is younger than me and
I came before him and not after him. However if my brother is older than me then I can take after him
because I came after him and not before him. Yeah. So, if you were your child or
your grandchild or your younger sibling would you want to take after you? I would because obviously
I'm great but what do you think? Let me know in the comments down below!
To take back. To retract a statement. Separable and transitive.
No actually, Bruce I take it back. I don't take after Beyonce. Yeah? Yeah I mean like no, like, I
take after me, myself. Like I think in this age of like social media and stuff it's really important
to not follow others but to maintain your unique brand and identity. Like, I'm all about
self-expression. Often you take something back if you say something offensive to someone that you
regret saying. But I don't want to say it! Just do it! But i don't want to! Do it and I'll give you a
job! Monica you smell like an old cabbage! Oh my god what did you say!? I'm sorry! I take it back!
To take down. To write information. Separable and transitive.
A woman's life. A woman's ways. By Monica. I was born into an incredibly wealthy family
but despite the fact that i was surrounded by riches, celebrity, elegance I've stayed incredibly
humble. Uh are you taking this down? Yes, Monica. I'm taking it all down here! Continue!
In fact I would say that I'm like the most humble girl that ever lived. Most humble
girl ever. Duke is this good? Like is this gonna sell millions of copies around the world? Is this
good... Oh my god no you idiot don't take that down! That was a question! Sorry! Uh yeah,
Monica! This is great! Oh my god I always knew I could be a writer! I'm so talented! In lessons you
take down notes to help you remember things. Yeah. So take down all of this information to help you
remember every single phrasal verb that you need to know with take for the B2 First Cambridge exam!
Oh yeah and don't forget to subscribe! Woohoo. Fun. To take in. Definition one: To understand
and absorb information. Separable and transitive. When she told me the bad news I was so shocked I
couldn't take it in. I found it difficult to take in what the professor was saying.
It was too complicated. And do you know what is a lot for me to take in? My admiration for Eva!
Sasha! Dmitry! Murph! Anna! Unicorn! That's a horn! Divoux Diana! And the magnificent
Anna B! They all donated to my channel! Oh my god they did what?! They donated to the channel!
Wow Toby that is great news! I am struggling to take it all in. If you feel like I have helped
you with your B2 First Cambridge exam preparation then please do consider donating like these lovely
people did. Money does not grow on trees and even if it did I would not be able to grow it
because I'm incredibly ignorant. So please help me continue helping people like you by supporting
the channel. The links will be in the comments section and the description as always. Thank
you so so much. Definition two: To be tricked or scammed by someone. Inseparable and intransitive.
Monica speaking! Oh my god, Johnny! Is that you!? Yes, Monica. I just wanted to say that I love you
and I miss you and I would like to see you tonight. Oh my god really!? This is
like the best day of my life! Johnny! I never thought you'd come back to me!
Johnny I'll meet you at the bar! Our bar! You know? Where we first met all those years ago!
Are you joking? It was that easy... Oh my god it's happening! Stay calm, Monica! Stay calm!
Oh my god, Johnny! I can't wait to see you! This is so exciting!
Where are you? I'm not sure when you first met Johnny...
Oh my god what are you doing here? Bruce said you would be there waiting for johnny
but he's not coming so I thought that we could go on a date instead? Oh my god no! Oh my god...
Oh no! Monica has been taken in by Bruce! How humiliating.
To take off. Definition one: To describe a plane leaving the ground. Inseparable and intransitive.
Do I really need to provide an example here? Okay well here is a plane and it is taking off.
Yeah. What do you want? Definition two: To become successful. Inseparable and intransitive. If
something takes off it becomes popular, it becomes successful, it goes up like a plane and eventually
becomes a star like me! 16 000 subscribers after two years, thousands of pounds of investment,
thousands of hours of work... and no income and... what the hell am I doing with my life?
To take on. Definition one: To hire employees. Separable and transitive. You have a business
because you are a business person but you cannot do all the work yourself, can you?
No. No you cannot. So what do you do? You employ people! You take on employees! Yeah, like us!
Definition 2: To challenge or compete with someone. Separable and transitive.
You know that song right? Take on me by Aha? Classic, yeah? No? No. All right fine. Whatever.
You can take on a challenge and this means to accept a challenge that will be very difficult.
For example he took on the challenge of eating 100 starfish, and that is a lot of starfish to eat.
You can also take on a person and this means to challenge them physically with your muscles and
seriously you would not want to take me on. You would not want to physically fight me.
No, no, no, no, no I am incredibly tough and strong. You could also take on someone mentally
like in a mathematics competition and also with mathematics I'm very very powerful. I know
every single number ever. Definition three: To take responsibility for something. Separable and
transitive. Bruce you're still drinking? Toby I took this job on on the condition that beers
be brought to me when I command and I may drink as much as I please when I feel like I need to,
okay? Sure but you still need to do the job I took you on for, Bruce. Toby I think that
you will find that we have used the phrasal verb TAKE ON twice now. Right... Genius mate! And that
is why you took me on! To take over. Definition one: To take a responsibility from someone else.
Separable and transitive. Toby, I was thinking, like, if you die what will happen to SMASH
English? Oh that's easy, Monica, SMASH English will die too, with me. No it won't. I'll take
over! Ugh no you won't. Uh yeah because I'll take over! But obviously I'm gonna change the name
"English with Monica". Bruce, you can like uh clean or something. Oh you've cut your finger?
That's terrible! Don't worry! I'll take over the cooking from you!
Definition two: To conquer land. Separable and transitive.
This is usually violent so let me give you some advice: if you see some land that you want,
try not to take it over. Ask nicely for it and maybe they will give it to you but don't take
it over because then maybe people will die and that's really really sad. The insurgents
have successfully taken over the capital. Those bloody insurgents! I told them not to
but they just would not listen to me! To take up. To start a new hobby. Inseparable and transitive.
Hi Bruce. Hello Monica. I have taken up a great hobby. Oh really what is it? I
have taken up watching SMASH English every day for two hours. Oh really?
That sounds great. I might take that up too. Yeah it is awesome. Okay bye Monica.
Goodbye Bruce. Did I do, did I do good? Did I do okay? And with that we are finished! Now you know
every single phrasal verb with TAKE that you need to know for the B2 First Cambridge exam!
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