take from, take it from me
It's a fixed expression.'Take it from me'. It means that this is my opinion
and I know what I am talking about.
take in
'Sue thought that Henry loved her, but she was taken in. He only wanted
her for her money.'
If you tell a really good story, the audience is taken into the situation
completely. We have all had the experience of being
in
the place that you
can see in a film.
Telling a story is very, very similar to telling lies.
When you take someone in, you are lying and they believe you. You are
deceiving them successfully.
Notice that in English we have to 'tell somebody something'. The person
you are talking to must be mentioned, except in the expressions 'tell a
story', 'tell lies', and 'tell the truth'.
Separable two-word verb
but usually we use this verb in the passive.
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