take away

1. To remove something and put it in a different place.

   Mother took our plates away and came back with some fruit for us to eat.

   take out or remove

2. To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.

   The teacher took my mobile phone away until the end of the lesson.

   The new law will take away some important rights from immigrant residents.

   wegnehmen

   remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

3. To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.

   To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person.

   The mother of the murdered man spoke directly to the man who took away her son, then addressed the judge, whom she trusted would impose the maximum sentence.

4. To subtract or diminish something.

   If I have five apples and you take away two, how many do I have left?

   take away a part from; diminish

5. To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.

   I took away the impression that the play was under rehearsed.

6. To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.

   The police took him away for questioning.

   I'm taking you away to the country for a rest. It's for your own good!

   take from a person or place

7. To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.

   My job takes me away from home most weekends.

   Using the internet so much can take you away from your studies.

1. This medicine will take the pain away.

   Ці ліки знімуть біль.

   ruЭто лекарство снимет боль.

   deDieses Medikament wird den Schmerz verschwinden lassen.

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2. He took away what little money I had.

   Він забрав навіть ті невеликі гроші, які я мав.

   deEr nahm mir das wenige Geld, das ich hatte.

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3. I want a boat that will take me far away from here.

   Я хочу човен, який забере мене дуже далеко звідси.

   ruЯ хочу лодку, которая увезёт меня далеко отсюда.

   deIch wünsche mir ein Boot, das mich weit weg von hier bringt.

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4. Tom took the hammer away from Mary.

   Том забрав у Мері молоток.

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5. I want a boat that'll take me far away from here.

   Я хочу човен, який забере мене дуже далеко звідси.

   deIch wünsche mir ein Boot, das mich weit weg von hier bringt.

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irregular · Lesson

• take upпіднімати, братисяTo pick up.
• take offзняти, зніматиTo remove.
• take outприбрати, видалитиTo remove.
• take onвзяти, братиTo acquire, bring in, or introduce.
• take inпіднімати, братисяTo receive.
• take downпідвести, підводитиTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
• take backвідкликати, згадуватиTo retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
• take overперевищувати, перевершитиTo assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.