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take up

Phrasal VerbBriathra Frásacha
1. lift
2. start to use
3. continue (story, activity etc)
4. accept offer etc
5. pursue matter etc
6. start activity
7. occupy space
8. consume time etc
9. adopt (stance, position)
10. craftsceirdeanna shorten (clothes)
11. absorb (water etc)
12. challenge sb
13. pick up
 Phrasal VerbBriathra Frásacha 1 (v + adv) lift transitiveaistreachtóg aníos PhrV cmubain aníos PhrV cmuardaigh verb cmu to take up a carpet cairpéad a thógáil aníos 2 (v + adv) start to use transitiveaistreach I took up the pen chuaigh mé i mbun pinn 3 (v + adv) continue (story, activity etc) transitiveaistreach she took up the story lean sí den scéal, lean sí ar aghaidh leis an scéal we took up where he left off leanamar ar aghaidh ón áit ar chríochnaigh seisean 4 (v + adv) accept offer etc transitiveaistreachglac le PhrV cmu I took up her invitation ghlac mé lena cuireadh I took him up on his offer ghlac mé lena thairiscint he took up the challenge d'fhreagair sé an dúshlán 5 (v + adv) pursue matter etc transitiveaistreach they're going to take the matter up tá siad chun an scéal a fhiosrú the media took up the story fuair na meáin greim ar an scéal, thóg na meáin an scéal take it up with your boss labhair le do cheannasaí faoi he's going to take it up with the Taoiseach tá sé chun é a phlé leis an Taoiseach, tá sé chun é a lua leis an Taoiseach 6 (v + adv) start activity transitiveaistreachtosaigh verb cmutóg suas PhrV cmu I've taken up golf recently thosaigh mé ag imirt gailf ar na mallaibh, táim tar éis tosú ag imirt gailf le deireanas he took up a new job thosaigh sé i bpost nua 7 (v + adv) occupy space transitiveaistreachtóg verb cmuglac verb cmutóg suas PhrV cmu it doesn't take up much space ní thógann sé mórán spáis, ní ghlacann sé mórán spáis it took up half the room thóg sé suas leath an tseomra, bhí leath an tseomra faoi most of the paper was taken up with sports cúrsaí spóirt is mó a bhí ar an bpáipéar 8 (v + adv) consume time etc transitiveaistreach it won't take up much time ní thógfaidh sé mórán ama, ní ghlacfaidh sé mórán ama they take up a lot of memory úsáideann siad go leor cuimhne my time is taken up with work táim gafa go huile agus go hiomlán le cúrsaí oibre I was so taken up with it that I didn't notice the time bhí mé chomh sáite sin ann nár thug mé faoi deara an t-am, bhí mé chomh tógtha sin leis nár bhraith mé an t-am 9 (v + adv) adopt (stance, position) transitiveaistreachtóg verb cmuglac verb cmu he took up a strong stance on it ghlac sé seasamh láidir ar an gceist they took up a strong position thóg siad suíomh láidir 10 (v + adv) craftsceirdeanna shorten (clothes) transitiveaistreachtóg suas cmu to take up a hem fáithim a thógáil suas he took up his trousers chuir sé fáithim ar a bhríste 11 (v + adv) absorb (water etc) transitiveaistreachtóg isteach cmusúigh isteach cmu plants take up water through their roots tógann plandaí uisce isteach trína bhfréamhacha, súnn plandaí uisce isteach trína bhfréamhacha 12 (v + adv) challenge sb transitiveaistreach I took him up on it thug mé a dhúshlán air he took up that point with me d'ardaigh sé an cheist sin liom, tharraing sé an cheist sin anuas chugam 13 (v + adv) pick up transitiveaistreachtóg verb cmutóg suas cmu→ take
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