?（飛機）起飛 

A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up or down.

?脫下（衣裳等）；取下 

He took off his wet shoes.
Who took the knob off the door?

?休假；請假；歇工 

When his wife was sick he took off from work.

?（指觀念、產品） 大受歡迎；（事業）突然發達，成功

The new type of cell phones has really taken off.
His business began to take off when he was in his forties.

?拿下來；取下來

He reached up to the third shelf of the bookcase and took down a dictionary.

?記下來 

He read out the names and his secretary took them down.

?接受 （房客，客人等）；收留 

The farmers took in the lost travelers for the night.

?理解；領會；明白 

The boys could not take in his meaning.

?包括；涉及 

The study of physics takes in many different subjects.

?使上當；欺騙

We were completely taken in by her story.

   ?接受；從事（某工作） 

After his father died, Bill took on the management of the factory.

?雇用

Is the supermarket taking on any more assis- tant?

?具有（新面貌、意思等） 

The city has taken on a new look.

?從事某項活動；發展某種愛好

So many young men want to take up writing.

?開始做（某項工作）；開始學習（某個課程） 

Then she took up the task of getting the breakfast.
He dropped medicine and took up physics.

? 占去 （時間或空間） 

The meeting took up the whole morning.
The table takes up too much room.

?接受
I'd like to take up your offer of a ride into town.