II Phrasal Verbs
Example: The flight for Dublin took off on time.
Take on = allow passengers on a ship or aeroplane
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11Example: The plane stopped at Zurich to take on some passen-
gers.
Take on = assume tf, responsibility
Example: She took on the task of indexing the book.
Take on = employ
Example: The council has had to take on twenty extra employees
to handle their increased workload.
Take out = borrow a library book
Example: I took out all the books I needed for my essay from the
library.
Take out = borrow money from a bank or other official lender
Example: Jackie and Anil took out a mortgage to buy a bigger flat.
Take out = extract or remove
Example: The dentist took out all of my wisdom teeth before they
started causing any problems.
Take out = go out socially with someone, especially a date
Example: He took her out to a restaurant last Friday night.
Take out = obtain insurance
Example: I took out some health insurance before I went back-
packing around Latin America.
Take over = assume control of a company or organisation
Example: The bank was taken aver by a Hong Kong bank that
needed to buy a bank to get into the British market.
Take to = make a habit of something