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Versatile Take

The verb 'to take' is widely used in English and, when combined with other words, it 'takes on' - that is, it adopts - a wide variety of meanings.  Just some of these possibilities are explored in this test

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1. He certainly takes onafterover his father, to judge by his sullen looks.
2. When you go to the party, take offbackalong your camera as there will surely be some good pictures.
3. The clock doesn't work so I'm going to take it offawayapart in the hope of finding out what's wrong.
4. He's clearly not settled in here so you ought to take him inonaside for a quiet chat.
5. The way that they have modernised the house has taken offapartaway much of its charm.
6. You'll have to take that toy awayoffapart as it only causes squabbles.
7. That smell of newly-mown hay always takes me backoffaway to my days on the farm so long ago.
8. He was completely taken awayinoff by the con man and so lost thousands.
9. My wife could take awaytooff many of her friends' mannerisms very amusingly.
10. In going from school to university he really struggled as he couldn't take inoffapart the new way of working.
11. Take apartonoff the lid and reduce the liquid by boiling rapidly.
12. They really took onoffaway a tough challenge when they adopted that child.
13. The aeroplane took awayoffon and climbed into the sky like a rocket.
14. The starlet was taken outoffon to all the best places so as to be seen with other celebrities.
15. The boss took tooverfrom the new assistant immediately as she was so helpful and hard-working.

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