take up

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take up
verbo transitivo con partícula
1subir (carry)
2llevar, subir (lead) (person)
3levantar (lift) (carpet, floorboards, paving stones)
4subir, acortar (shorten) (skirt, hem)
5aceptar (accept) (challenge, offer, suggestion)
  • to t somebody up on an offer -> aceptar una oferta de alguien
6discutir (discuss) (subject, problem)(with con)
7tomar (assume) (position); asumir (post, duties)
8(hobby, studies)
  • she's taken up fencing/psychology -> ha empezado a practicar esgrima/estudiar psicología
  • we t up the story just after… -> retomamos la historia justo después de…
9ocupar (occupy) (space, time, attention)
verbo intransitivo
también:
  • to t up with somebody -> trabar amistad con alguien

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take up [teik]
  • To take up a quarrel -> entremeterse en alguna disputa o pendencia
  • To take up a space -> ocupar o llenar completamente un sitio o espacio
  • To take one up sharply -> reprender a alguno agriamente
  • To take up short -> quedarse cortado
  • To take up with -> contentarse; vivir o habitar con; ocupar
tomar al fiado, tomar prestado; atacar; comenzar o dar principio a alguna cosa; ocupar la atención; recurrir en último resultado; prender, arrestar; ligar un vaso en las operaciones quirúrgicas; admitir una cosa sin examen; reprender, amonestar; principiar una cosa en el punto donde otro la dejó; alzar o levantar alguna cosa del suelo; ocupar o llenar un sitio cualquiera; comprender o incluir en sí; adoptar una opinión, doctrina, etc.; saldar, pagar (una letra de cambio, un pagaré, etc.); cobrar o recoger, hablando de contribuciones; aprovechar en el estudio o en cualquier otra materia; detenerse o contenerse; reformar uno su vida o sus costumbres.

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take up
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 (raise, lift) [+object from ground] levantar; recoger; [+carpet, floorboards] quitar; [+road] levantar; [+dress, hem] acortar
arm slack
2 (lead, carry upstairs) subir
3 (pick up) [+pen, one's work] coger; agarrar; (LAm) [+passengers] recoger
4 (continue) [+story] continuar con
we took up the friendship where we left off
5 (occupy) [+time, attention] ocupar; [+space] llenar; ocupar
it takes up a lot of his time le dedica mucho tiempo; he's very taken up with his work está absorto en el trabajo; he's very taken up with her está ocupado con ella
post residence
6 (absorb) [+liquid] absorber
7 (raise question of) [+matter, point] retomar; volver sobre
I shall take the matter up with the manager hablaré del asunto con el gerente
8 (take issue with)
I feel I must take you up on that siento que debo contestar a lo que has dicho
9 (start) [+hobby, sport] dedicarse a; [+career] emprender
10 (accept) [+offer, challenge] aceptar
I'll take you up on your offer te acepto la oferta; I'll take you up on that some day algún día recordaré lo que has dicho
11 (adopt) [+cause] apoyar; [+case] ocuparse de
Meehan, at the time I took up his case, had had three solicitors his MP has taken up his case Bolivia promised to take up the case in `international forums
 [+person] adoptar
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
to take up with sb (as friend) hacerse amigo de algn; (romantically) juntarse con algn; he took up with a woman half his wife's age se juntó con una mujer que tenía la mitad de la edad de su mujer

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