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Take, Look, Get + particles

Verbs are like "men"... Some are generous, "available", "helpful". You just have to add one or another particle (or preposition) to them and suddenly, they give you "new and often varied meanings". Most of the times, they are used in "standard English" or have equivalents in more formal and written language. It's important to know the most common ones so as to make sure you can understand and communicate totally and genuinely.

TAKE

To take after	resemble	- He really takes after his father.
to take apart	disassemble	- Tom is taking apart his model plane.
to take away	remove	- Will you eat your cheese burger here, or take it away?
to take down	disassemble write down	- The scaffolding is finally taken down. - Don't forget to take down notes during the lecture.
to take in	understand	- This lesson is very difficult to take in.
to take off	leave the ground	- Your plane will take off in about an hour.
to take on	accept, undertake	- Our boss took on more than he expected at first in the project.
to take out	go out cause to suffer	- My parents took us out for their anniversary. - Don't take your anger on me... I'm not responsible.
to take over	take responsibility for,	- The dictator took over his country after his coup.
to take to +ing	start doing	- He took to drinking after his divorce...
to take up	occupy space, or one's time	- I'm very taken up by my work, just now... I have no leisure-time...
to take through	accompany	- I'll take you through the process once again; then, you'll do it alone.

LOOK

To look after	to take care of	- Can you look after the baby while I'm at the doctor's?
To look for	try to find	- I can't find my glasses... Can you help me to look for them, please?
To look forward to + ing	to expect impatiently	- He's looking forward to going back to his country and his friends.
To look down (on)	scorn, despise	- Looking down on your co-workers isn't a correct attitude!
To look back	review past events	- I'd rather think about the future than look back on the past and be nostalgic!
To look like/alike	be similar to	- He looks like his father. Besides, his twin-sisters really look alike.
To look out	be careful	- You must look out where you put your feet when walking here...
To look through	leaf through	- I didn't read that book... I simply looked through it and was quite interested.
To look to	take care of pay attention to	- Young kids look to their parents for protection and advice.
To look up (to)	show respect to	- A few heroes are important as role models. They should be looked up to.

GET

To get across	make sb understand sth	- It was difficult for her to get her point across to her students, but they finally understood.
To get along (with)	- go away - be on good terms	- We should be getting along now, or we'll be late. - I'm happy to notice that you get along nicely with your sisters, now!
To get away	leave, run away	- Her only desire was to get away from that hell...
To get by	survive, manage to live	- He had lots of ideas and could get by quite easily.
To get down to	start doing, consider	- He'll only get down to his work when he's really motivated!
To get over	overcome, recover	- You'll have to get over this break up. You will, with time...
To get up to	becoming to be stupid	- What are you getting up to? Nonsense, as usual...
To get through to someone	- speak on the phone - convince	- I couldn't get through to her. I'll have to try again tomorrow.

A lot of THANKS to these "generous" verbs... Yet, let's "blame" them a little, only usage and learning will make you able to use them properly! Then, be courageous !

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1. If you have no babysitter next week, I'll your kids when you're away.

2. My brother when you showed him how good you were.

3. She's irritating... She's always the people she's facing.

4. Please, leave your file. Then, a secretary will and will give you a number.

5. It will be long for her to this terrible shock. It's a real trauma.

6. I've the instructions for use carefully, but the requested information isn't given there.

7. Don't imagine you can cheat and it... You'll be punished as you deserve.

8. I'd lost my chequebook and thought I had it everywhere, but I had simply changed bags and had left it in my blue one!

9. It's some good work you're doing... Get on with it and you'll succeed...

10. He's really back to his country though he has a lot of work to do over here.

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