381. take in
    [1]接受，吸收；
    EG: The school will take in three hundred new students.
[2]了解，理解；
EG: People never take in new facts very easily when they’re unhappy.人们不高兴时，从来就不会非常容易地理解新事实。
    [3]欺骗。
    EG: The newspaper’s reportage on everything good and nothing bad takes its readers in. 这家报纸只报喜不报忧，使读者受骗。
382. take off
    [1]起飞；
    [2]脱下。
    EG: He took off his hat and bowed politely as he passed.
383. take on
    [1]呈现；
    EG: Her face took on a haunted¹ quality.
       她脸上流露出心烦意乱的表情。
    [2]具有；
    EG: The word is taking on a new meaning. 这个单词具有一种新的意义。
    [3]接纳，开始雇佣；
    EG: They no longer have to take on large numbers of temporary staff to do the checking. 他们无须再雇佣大量的临时工做核对工作。
    [4]承担，从事；
    EG: He was always ready to take on the hardest job. 他总是乐于做最艰难的工作。
    [5]装出。
384. take one’s cue² from 学…的样，听…的劝告
EG: Tom took his cue from his teacher’s
tone³. 汤姆学他老师说话的腔调。
385. take one’s time 慢慢来，从容不迫
    EG: She is used to taking her time.她习惯于不慌不忙。
**take time 费时间，花功夫
386. take over 接管，接办
387. take pains 煞费苦心，尽力
388. take part in 参加，协助
389. take place 发生，举行
390. take shape 成形
391. take the place of 代替
    EG: Nothing could take the place of the family he has lost. 他失去了家庭，这一损失是无法弥补的。
392. take to 喜欢，亲近形成…的习惯
    EG: I saw him yesterday for the first time and took to him at once.昨天我第一次见到他，并很快就喜欢上了他。
       He took to writing novels.他开始喜欢写小说。
393. take turns 轮流，交替
394. take up
    [1]开始从事；
    EG: My assistant left to take up another post. 我的助手离开了，去从事另一项工作。
    [2]接受（挑战等）；
    EG: She wished Jane would take up Tom’s offer to decorate the house. 她希望简接受汤姆的提议，去装修房子。
    [3]采取，采纳；
    EG: He hated to see her taking up this hard, uncompromising attitude. 他不愿看见她采取这种强硬的、不妥协的态度。
    [4]占去，占据。
    EG: I won’t take up any more of your time. 我不愿再占用你的时间。
395. take…as 把…作为
    EG: They take him as a lucky person.他们把他看作幸运者。
    ** take…as是“作为…使用（或对待）”，take…for含“把…误认为”之意。如：I took him for my brother.我把他当成我的兄弟了。