Hello everyone! Dans cette leçon, nous allons examiner 34 des utilisations les plus courantes du verbe TO TAKE en anglais.
En consultant un dictionnaire anglais, vous constaterez qu’il existe un grand nombre d’utilisations de ce verbe et encore plus lorsqu’il est utilisé comme verbe à particule. Cependant, aujourd’hui, nous allons nous concentrer sur les utilisations les plus communes.
So let’s take a close look at the verb “to take”…
La leçon en vidéo – “34 utilisations du verbe TAKE en anglais.”
34 utilisations différentes du verbe TO TAKE en anglais :
- Prendre un taxi : to take a taxi (She took a taxi to the airport.)
- Apporter, transporter (quelque chose) : to take flowers (He took flowers to his grandmother.)
- Accompagner, emmener (quelqu’un quelque part) : to take somebody to the airport (She took her friend to the train station.)
- Prendre du temps : to take a long time / How long does it take? (It takes an hour to get there.)
- Prendre position : to take a stand (He took a stand against corruption.)
- Décoller : to take off (The plane took off at noon.)
- Enlever (un vêtement) : to take off one’s clothes (He took off his jacket.)
- Prendre une photo : to take a picture / photo (She took a beautiful photo of the sunset.)
- Passer un examen : to take a test / an exam (I have to take a math test tomorrow.)
- Ramasser : to take out the rubbish (Don’t forget to take out the rubbish tonight.)
- Confisquer quelque chose à quelqu’un : to take something away from somebody (The teacher took the phone away from the student.)
- Extraire : to take something from something (They took water samples from the river.)
- Assiéger, s’emparer de… : to take a town (The army took the town after a long battle.)
- Arrêter, capturer : to take a criminal (The police took the suspect into custody.)
- Accepter : to take credit cards (Do you take credit cards?)
- Accepter un travail : to take a job (She took a new job in London.)
- Soustraire : To take one number from another (soustraire un chiffre à un autre)
- Gagner (argent, récompense) : to take home money / to take first place (He took home $500 from the competition.)
- Prendre / suivre un cours de… : to take a / an … course (She is taking an English course this summer.)
- Mettre du…, chausser du…, faire du… : to take a size 5 in shoes (I take a size 40 in European sizes.)
- Supporter : I can’t take it anymore! (The noise was too much; she couldn’t take it anymore.)
- S’occuper de…, prendre soin de… : to take care of one’s kids (She takes care of her elderly parents.)
- Passer au second plan, s’effacer : to take a back seat (He took a back seat in the project and let his colleague lead.)
- Saluer (après une performance) : to take a bow (After the show, the actors took a bow.)
- Faire une pause : to take a break (Let’s take a break before continuing.)
- Prendre un appel : to take a call (Excuse me, I have to take this call.)
- Tenter sa chance, prendre un risque, parier sur… : to take a chance (She took a chance and moved abroad.)
- Jeter un coup d’œil : to take a look / peek (Can I take a look at your notes?)
- Regarder de près : to take a close look (Take a close look at the details in the painting.)
- Examiner : to take a look at (He took a look at the contract before signing.)
- Effectuer un relevé : to take a reading (The doctor took a reading of my blood pressure.)
- Prendre des vacances, partir en vacances : to take a holiday (Br), vacation (Am) (They took a holiday in Greece last summer.)
- Prendre un congé : to take a leave of absence (He took a leave of absence from work.)
- Faire une sieste : to take a nap (I usually take a nap after lunch.)