I have to
hold
myself
together
I have to
compose
myself
I do
hold off
doing things
I
delay
doing things
hold on to
cling to
held up
stuck
in
held
them
back
stopped
them
holding to
the old-fashioned belief
maintaining
the old-fashioned belief
hold forth
speak
out
hold down their jobs
continue
to keep their jobs
held on to
a job
retain/keep
a job
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held off
making any comments
refrained
from making any comments
hold out
a helping hand
offer
a hand
hold out
without breaking out
hang on
without breaking out into a sweat
hold with
this newfangled technology
believe in
this newfangled technology
feelings were not being
held in
any longer
feelings were not being
suppressed
any longer
held up
in the lift
trapped
in a lift
holding out
much hope
offering
much hope
holding back
my feelings
suppressing
my feelings
my appointment could be
held over
for another day
my appointment could be
postponed
to another day
hold to
my plan
stick
to my plan
our spirits
held up
very well
our spirits
remained
high
we all seemed to
hold
ourselves
up
we all seemed to
remain
in high spirits
hold on
for just a bit longer
stay
on for just a bit longer
held out
promises
offered
promises
hold on
stay
on
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24.
Phrasal verb take or «Take on»
In this story I'd like to take you on a journey to discover the secrets
of another phrasal verb —
take
.
As you probably know by now phrasal verbs are made up of two
parts — the verb + a preposition.
I'm sure you have noticed that one phrasal verb can have hundreds
of different meanings. Here are just two examples:
The airplane is
taking off
in 30 minutes.
Last summer I
took up
a new hobby — scuba diving.
Can you guess the meaning of these sentence? You're right. The first
expressions means that «the airplane is leaving the ground in 30
minutes — it starts flying in 30 minutes.»
The second expression means that «I started a new hobby last
hobby — I started to scuba dive.»
What about some more examples? Read this story and try to guess
the meaning of the expressions with the verb
take
in
italics
.
«Take On»
When he was forty-two, Charlie Banham was made redundant. He
didn't
take to
the idea at all. It all happened so quickly. His boss,
Angus Henderson, whom Charlie had not
taken to
the moment he'd
taken over
from his previous boss eighteen months before,
took
him
aside
early one Monday morning and asked him to come to his office,
assuring him as he did so that it wouldn't
take up
much of his time.
He was right. Henderson asked him to sit down,
took up
a piece of
paper and proceeded to read from it. The content of the speech was
that Charlie would have to go but of course, if he wished, he could
take
the matter
up
with the managing director and
take
the matter
further
. In other words Charlie was being asked to
take
himself
off
as
quickly as possible. It took several minutes before Charlie could
really
take in
the news. What really galled him was that Henderson
was so
taken up with
himself that he couldn't even be bothered to
thank Charlie for his services over the last ten years. Charlie was
apparently being blamed for the drop in sales of his new product
which he had convinced everyone would soon
take off
.
Charlie cleared his desk and went to the canteen to enjoy his last cup
of coffee there. Colleagues assured him he was lucky. With his free
time, they said, Charlie could
take up
all those hobbies and interests
for which he had never had time before. He would soon
take to
his
new life, drawing his pension and enjoying the financial benefits of
his lump sum. But Charlie had other ideas. At first he was so
taken
aback
by the news that he couldn't think straight. Then all he wanted
was to
take
Henderson
by
the throat and tell him exactly what he
thought of him. But Charlie
took after
his father who always looked
on the bright side and slowly he began to
take in
the possible
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