Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Collocations with take

  • to take place = to happen, especially after being planned or arranged
  • - Real learning takes place through experience
    - All learning takes place through the use of English which makes English language a core subject
  • to take action = to start doing something
  • to take an exam = when students take an exam, test, or quiz, they are tested to demonstrate knowledge
  • take responsibility for (doing) something
  • to take for granted = to expect something to be available all the time and forget that you are lucky to have it
  • - I had taken the power and flexibility of Perl regular expressions for granted until I entered a world without them with Pascal.
    - I wish you didn't take me for granted.
  • to take an approach to/in smt = to select the direction from where you want to start solving a problem
  • - Take a scientific approach to Your Teaching
    - This paper takes a different approach in that it uses the tools of network analysis and graph theory to represent the characteristics of world trade.
  • take sth into account = to consider or remember something when judging a situation
  • - When consumers need a service, price is not the only consideration to be taken into account.