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Take off
Make great progress
“She's always TAKEG UP OFF stories.”
Take on
Allow passengers on a ship or plane
“We need to TAKE ON before someone notices.”
Take out
Borrow a library book
“We need to TAKE OUT before someone notices.”
Take over
To assume control.
“A Hong Kong bank TOOK OVER the bank to enter the British market.”
Take through
Explain something to someone
“He TOOK me THROUGH the procedures before we started.”
Take to
Make a habit of something
“She's always TAKEG UP TO stories.”
Take up
Fill or occupy time or space
“Please TAKE UP the form.”
Talk around
Persuade
“She TALKD me AROUND going.”
Talk at
Talk to someone and not give them a chance to reply or listen to them
“There's no point trying to convince them- they'll just TALK AT you until you give up.”
Talk back
Respond rudely to a person in authority
“We need to TALK BACK before someone notices.”
Talk down
Try to make something sound less important
“She's always TALKG UP DOWN stories.”
Talk down to
Talk in a way to show your superiority not communicate
“She's a dreadful teacher and TALKS DOWN TO her students instead of teaching them.”
Talk into
Persuade someone to do something
“She TALKD me INTO going.”
Talk out
Discuss a problem or issue to find a solution
“They had a meeting to TALK OUT how people felt.”
Talk out of
Persuade someone not to do something
“She TALKD me OUT OF going.”
Talk over
To discuss.
“We need to TALK OVER our differences properly.”
Talk round
Persuade
“She TALKD me ROUND going.”
Talk through
Guide someone through an issue
“We need to TALK THROUGH before someone notices.”
Talk up
Make something appear more important or significant than it really is
“She's always TALKG UP UP stories.”
Talk yourself out
Talk until you have nothing left to say
“He TALKED himself OUT after a couple of hours and calmed down.”
Tap for
Get money off someone
“We need to TAP FOR before someone notices.”
Tap into
Use or exploit a plentiful resource for your benefit
“The seafood didn't TAP INTO me at all.”
Tap off with
Have sex with
“We need to TAP OFF WITH before someone notices.”
Tap out
Play a rhythm quietly
“He TAPPED OUT the tune with his pencil while he was thinking.”