飛翔; 飛走As soon as we go on a holiday, our money seems to take wing. 我們一去度假時, 錢就飛也似地花掉了。This is the time of the year when migrating birds take wing. 這是一年中候鳥起飛遷居的時候了。
偏袒It's never wise to take sides in someone else's family quarrel. 在別人的家庭糾紛中, 袒護任何一方都很不明智。The children all took sides with the mother when she left her husband. 當她離開丈夫時, 孩子們都向著她。
減少; 降低John may not have lived a blameless life, but that does not take from his achievement as a poet. 約翰不可能生活得平平靜靜一點不受指責, 但這並沒有減少他作為一個詩人的成就。The slight damage did not take from the engine's power. 那點輕微的損壞並不減低引擎的威力。
