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My difficulty with verb ''To take'' I don't know very good how to use. It seems to have several meanings. I get very lost! :(

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It can mean going through with something like “Take a walk”. It can be a action like “Take a sip of the drink”. it can mean stealing. “Take the money”. It can mean demanding or asking someone take your offering. “Take my gift!”
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My difficulty with verb ''To take''

I don't know how to use it well enough,
It appears to have several meanings. I get very lost and confused! :(

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Nathália, I recommend the website wordreference.com .  It will give you many, many, many ways to use the verb take if you simply type ¨take.¨   But you can also type in a phrase like ¨take down¨, ¨take on¨, ¨take over¨,  or ¨take up¨ and it will quickly give you the Portuguese translations for just that one specific way to use the verb.


As an example, this link shows the results for ¨take a joke¨
http://www.wordreference.com/enpt/take%20a%20joke


And here is the huge amount of information for the verb ¨take¨ (it´s pretty overwhelming to look at!)

http://www.wordreference.com/enpt/take


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Phrasal verbs like this can seem very confusing. I have a suggestion for a good website...please see my longer comment below in the ¨Corrections¨ section. And remember to take it easy because learning a language does take time :-)
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My difficulty with the verb ''To take''

I don't know very good how to use it.
It seems to have several meanings. I get very lost! :(

Yes, this verb has many, many meanings. With any good dictionary, each meaning is given a number. Meaning number 1 is the most popular meaning, and meaning number 23, say, is the least used. Looking at my dictionary, an old one, it has no numbers! Anyway, the most popular meaning for 'take' comes first, and the least popular, last. Firstly it means to put in your hand, or to grasp. Lastly it means to photograph. I guess that is right; from what I hear on the street, people use 'to take' to mean 'to grasp' more than 'to photograph'.

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