to take

Pick one thing or person from a group

To choose carefully from a group

To choose someone or something from a group

To choose what to do after thinking about the options

Choose one person or thing from a group

To choose one thing from two or more options

To choose one thing from several options

Choose one thing from several available

Choose any one you want from the options

Refuse to accept someone or something

To do something without asking for permission, as if you are allowed

About an amount that may be a little more or less

Tell someone to leave in a rude way

Make someone feel very surprised and unable to speak

To do the right thing and not respond angrily

To accept pain or risk to protect another person

Politely say no now but suggest doing it another time

To refuse to answer questions in court to avoid saying something that could make you look guilty

Choose any one you want from the options

To accept something unpleasant so other people benefit

Bend forward to thank people who clap for you

To not be upset when someone makes a joke about you

The most extreme example, often surprising in a bad or silly way

A situation where people both accept and give up things to make an agreement

To lead an organization, group, or project

Make a brave decision even when it feels risky

To look quickly and casually at something you are curious about

An offer you cannot change that you must accept or refuse

To fall suddenly, for example by tripping or by losing value

Accept failure or criticism bravely without complaining

Stop paying attention to what is important

To accept some demands while giving up some of your own

Make a lot of effort and be careful about small details

To show respect and praise for someone and their achievements

Refuse to answer questions in court or by police to avoid saying you did something wrong

Begin attacking or acting aggressively to gain an advantage

To marry a woman

Accept punishment or a bad result without complaining

To deal with a difficult problem directly and bravely

Do something slowly on purpose and without hurry

Get medical help for an illness or addiction

To not approve of something

To do very well and act confidently, often in a forceful way

Behave in a very foolish way without thinking clearly

Lead a meeting as the person in charge

Act in a less honest way to get an advantage

To understand and accept that someone's remark makes sense even if you do not agree

Leave a game or group angrily because you did not get your way

To accept unpleasant results and sometimes punishment for something you did

Get a lot of criticism or blame from other people

Be completely sure that something is true or will happen

Need to be brave to do something

Use a small favor to get much more

To sit down, often on a church seat but also anywhere

To guess or try something without much information

A situation where people who should not lead control things and cause chaos

Join a convent and live as a nun

To tell someone rudely to leave

To keep going without giving up after facing many hard times

Copy what someone does to get the same results

To be the most annoying or surprising thing of all

To make someone lose the job or money they need to live

To look after a person or thing and deal with their needs

To look after someone or deal with a problem

Go with a person to bring them to a place

To look at something to check it or find information

To remove clothes or something from your body

Happen, especially when something is planned or scheduled

To remove something from a place or container

Begin to control someone else's job or project

To remove something from a place or reduce something important, for example a right

Return someone or something to the place they came from

Think something is true from what someone has said or shown

Think something is important and pay attention to it

Relax and avoid doing too much or worrying

To use a person or situation to get an unfair benefit for yourself

To stop doing something for a short time to rest or relax before continuing

To leave the ground and begin to fly

Use someone's trust or weakness to get something unfairly

To agree to do a job or task

To stop working for a short time

To need a long time to finish

To leave a place quickly, often to travel somewhere else

Start to have power and make decisions about something

To begin a job, activity, or hobby

Gain control of a company, organization, or government

To remove an amount from a total

To admit you caused a problem and accept the blame

Consider a fact or idea and include it when making a decision

To use a large part of time, space, or attention

To invite someone to go out with you for a date

To believe something is true without checking it

To join in an activity with other people

To be careful to avoid danger

To make a photo using a camera

To do something to solve a problem or make a change

Make someone remember a time from the past

Start to seem or show a particular quality

To say cruel things to make people think less of someone

To suffer a loss, for example in money or reputation

To remove something unwanted from a place

To use a camera or phone to make a picture

Compete against someone, for example in a sport or game

To think someone is a certain type of person, often wrongly

Begin a relationship again with someone after it ended

To wash and relax in a tub of warm water

To begin either to like someone or to do something regularly as a habit

Consider something when making a decision

Pull air slowly into your lungs to calm yourself

Get back something you had given, lent, or lost

Start to control a group or situation and lead others

Stop for a short time to think, rest or remember something

To do something risky hoping for a good result

Allow someone to live in your home when they need help

Begin work in an official job after being elected or appointed

To become successful or popular very quickly

To accept and follow directions from a person in charge

To start guiding a group or activity and make the main decisions

Start to work and produce a result

To speak in court as a witness about what you saw

Pay attention to something to remember or think about it

To move to a place that protects you from danger or bad weather

To breathe in and out once to calm yourself or prepare to speak

To stop looking at someone or something

Lasts much longer than expected

Say that what you said before was wrong and you no longer believe it

To get an official document or permit from an office

Do something one after another, each person doing it in order

To go for a short drive to have fun and relax

Do things that might be dangerous to get something important

To lift something up, often with a spoon or tool

Go somewhere by bus

Accept blame or punishment, often instead of someone else

To pause and think again about a situation to see the bigger picture

To pee in a rude way

The main point to remember from a talk or meeting

Money you get after taxes and other deductions

A quick look showing surprise after not noticing something at first

The money you keep after taxes and other payments are taken out

A friendly exchange of ideas and jokes

A device or action that pulls in extra material, for example slack in a rope

The most important idea you learn from a talk or meeting

How many people and how quickly they start to use something

Food prepared to be eaten somewhere else, not in the shop

A funny way of looking at a situation

A trick that cheats someone out of money or goods

Counting and checking the goods a shop or warehouse has