to take

Gain control of a company, organization, or government

To catch and take control of someone or something after a chase

Start to have power and make decisions about something

To take power or money in a dishonest, selfish way

To take power or a position from someone without the right, often by force

To take something using legal power, often for a short time

Gets something, often by grabbing it or making it theirs

To stop fighting and give control or things to someone else, often when forced

To give up a right, claim, or ownership of 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

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

Politely say no now but suggest doing it another time

To do the right thing and not respond angrily

To accept pain or risk to protect another person

An offer you cannot change that you must accept or refuse

Bend forward to thank people who clap for you

Choose any one you want from the options

Make a brave decision even when it feels risky

To not be upset when someone makes a joke about you

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

To accept something unpleasant so other people benefit

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

To lead an organization, group, or project

To marry a woman

Focus on today and do not worry about the future

To look quickly and casually at something you are curious about

Accept failure or criticism bravely without complaining

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

Make a lot of effort and be careful about small details

Begin attacking or acting aggressively to gain an advantage

Act in a less honest way to get an advantage

To deal with a difficult problem directly and bravely

To show respect and praise for someone and their achievements

To not approve of something

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

To admire and respect someone for what they have done

Get medical help for an illness or addiction

To accept a painful truth that changes what you believed

Need to be brave to do something

Stop paying attention to what is important

Use a small favor to get much more

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

To accept some demands while giving up some of your own

To guess or try something without much information

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

Get a lot of criticism or blame from other people

Be completely sure that something is true or will happen

To tell someone rudely to leave

Join a convent and live as a nun

Copy what someone does to get the same results

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

To be the most annoying or surprising thing of all

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

Lead a meeting as the person in charge

Allowing a small favor makes someone try to take much more than you wanted

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

Accept the good and bad parts of a situation

To accept a public challenge to show you will compete

Make someone feel very surprised and unable to speak

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 remove something from a place or container

To remove clothes or something from your body

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

To look at something to check it or find information

Happen, especially when something is planned or scheduled

Gain control of a company, organization, or government

To need a long time to finish

Think something is important and pay attention to it

Return someone or something to the place they came from

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

To agree to do a job or task

To leave a place quickly, often to travel somewhere else

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

Use someone's trust or weakness to get something unfairly

Relax and avoid doing too much or worrying

Begin to control someone else's job or project

Do something risky hoping to do well

Get back something you had given, lent, or lost

To do something to solve a problem or make a change

Do things that might be dangerous to get something important

To admit you caused a problem and accept the blame

To stop working for a short time

Compete against someone, for example in a sport or game

Think something is true from what someone has said or shown

To move something from a high place to a lower place

To begin a job, activity, or hobby

To invite someone to go out with you for a date

Start to have power and make decisions about something

Allow someone to live in your home when they need help

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

To remove something that is fixed or standing, for example stage equipment

To make a photo using a camera

To believe something is true without checking it

To join in an activity with other people

To be careful to avoid danger

To lift something up, often with a spoon or tool

Pay attention to something to remember or think about it

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

Consider something when making a decision

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

To use a camera or phone to make a picture

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

Pull air slowly into your lungs to calm yourself

To remove something unwanted from a place

To do something risky hoping for a good result

Start to seem or show a particular quality

To leave the ground and begin to fly

Begin work in an official job after being elected or appointed

To wash and relax in a tub of warm water

To accept and follow directions from a person in charge

Start to control a group or situation and lead others

To become successful or popular very quickly

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

To speak in court as a witness about what you saw

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

Visit a place or event to enjoy it

Lasts much longer than expected

To stop work for a short time to rest or deal with personal matters

To separate something into parts so it can be moved or fixed

Do things to avoid harm or danger

Make someone remember a time from the past

To say cruel things to make people think less of someone

To get an official document or permit from an office

Act too familiar with someone or their things without asking

Start to work and produce a result

Go somewhere by bus

To feel pleased about something you or others do

To change direction or the way things are going, often suddenly

Begin a relationship again with someone after it ended

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

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

A friendly exchange of ideas and jokes

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

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

Counting and checking the goods a shop or warehouse has

A trick that cheats someone out of money or goods