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The opposite of bring
We can use take for movements away from the speaker, and in other
directions (see 71).
Can you take me to the station tomorrow morning?
Take this form to Mr Collins, ask him to sign it, and then bring it back.
For take with expressions of time, see 338.
338 take (time)
We can use take to say how much time we need to do something. Three
constructions are possible.
| person + take + time + infinitive
|
| took three hours to get home last night.
She takes ai! day to wake up.
| activity + take(+ person) + time
|
The journey took me three hours.
Gardening takes a /ot of time.
| it take (+ person) + time + infinitive |
+
It took me three hours to get home last night.
it takes ages to do the shopping.
339 tall and high
We use fall for things which are this shape:
We can talk about tall people, trees, and sometimes buildings.
How tall are you? (NOT Hewhigt-are-you?)
There are some beautiful tall trees at the end of our garden.
We do not use ta// for things which are this shape:
We use high.
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe.
(NOT ... thetatestmeuntain-)
It's avery high room. (NOT ... 4atreen-)
