🇬🇧🇨🇳 take - 拿 : English Lesson

Meaning of "take" ("拿"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To take means to grab, pick up, or carry something away with you, using your hands or sometimes with help (like a bag, a cart, or even a robot). When you take something, you move it from where it is now to somewhere else, usually to use it, keep it, or give it to someone.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

When I try to take one chip from the bag, somehow my hand takes twenty by accident.

The magician said, “Take a card,” so I took the whole deck and ran.

I asked my brother to take the trash out; he took it out, showed it the stars, and then brought it back in.

If you take my cookie, I will sadly take your broccoli and pretend it’s revenge.

I watched my baby brother take the remote and proudly change the channel to a cooking show for babies.

I see a red hat on a roof. I take a chair, take a ladder, take a rope. I am small and feel sad. My big dog and I take the rope. The dog pulls and the hat drops down. I take the hat, hug the dog, and smile. We take a warm walk home.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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