Name: English Tutor Nick P Verb Phrase (177) Take In (10 Meanings )
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 177. The verb phrase today is " take

in" and we have 10 meanings and uses for the verb phrase " take in . " It's a very common

Basic quantifiers

verb phrase and it could have many different meanings. All right. We'll give

at least one example maybe two for each use here. So let's look at the first one. The

first one means to allow someone to live in one's home. Okay. After my sister lost

her job and got kicked out of her apartment

I took my sister and her children in and they lived with me for three years. Okay.

So you took them in. You allowed them to live in your house. This is the first use

that we have of to take in. Okay. Let's look at number two here. To understand or

appreciate something that one is experiencing. All right. We got two for

this one. Let's look at the first one.  Let's sit for a few minutes I want to

take in the view. So this is what you're experiencing and you want to appreciate

it. You want to appreciate the view. So you want to take in the view. Okay. And

the second one here is ... They use too many technical words and I couldn't take it

all in. So this one is understand. It  means you couldn't understand it all. You

couldn't take it all in. Your brain couldn't absorb it all. Maybe the words

were too technical. Okay the third meaning here. To admit somebody usually

in to you know,  with an institution like schools are an institution. The example

here we use is with a hospital. So here's the example. That hospital is completely

full. Maybe they don't have any beds left. They are not taking in any more

patients. So they're not allowing any more to come in. They're not admitting

any more. Okay. Number four. To make one's clothes smaller narrower or shorter. Okay.

So here's the example I bought this beautiful dress in ... at a second

hands store. But it was the wrong size. So I took it to a tailor and had it taken

in. So maybe she made it either shorter or he made it smaller. So it could fit her

better. Okay. Number five. To enter or flow in or allow in . All right. So here you say

my basement took in a foot of water due to a flood. So I don't know maybe you

know a lot of rain or maybe a river overflowed or something. And whatever it

is it caused your basement to fill up with some water. So your basement took in

a foot of water and then of course you would have to trouble having to get rid

of that or get it out and hopefully it'll dry up and not do too much damage.

All right. All right. And here we also have flowers need to take in sunlight. So

absorb .... they allow them. So the flowers allow sunlight in. They absorb the

sunlight. So they flowers can take in sunlight. Okay. Good.

Let's look at the next one here. Number six. To bring something to a place for

repair or a person for treatment or maybe even an animal for treatment. Okay.

I heard some strange noises coming from my engine. So I took it  in. So I took it in

the service station and had it checked out. Yeah. So you took it in or into the

service station and had them look at it.  Okay. Good or maybe you could, ... you know,

take an animal you know , take an animal in. You know,  like in a vet or something.

And have them checked out too. Okay.  Number seven here. To admit or receive a guest

or an employee you know,  into your home.  Also

sure. So we say they had difficulty raising four children. So they had to

take in a full-time nanny or a babysitter. So maybe they took one in

they had them live there too. So they took into it but she's an employee. This

time somebody working for you.  Okay. Good number eight. To inhale or

breathe in. You take in air like that. So let's go hiking and take in some fresh

air. Okay good. All right and number nine.  We could say to bring somebody to a police

station or arrest them. Yeah. So here's the example the police took in that

suspect for questioning. They took him in.  They took him into the police station and

asked him a lot of questions. Okay or maybe they can take somebody in and

arrest them too. All right. Number ten here.  To be taken in by. All right. This one's

slightly different because you got take in and you also followed it by,  by. So if

you're taken in by someone or something it means that you had cheated or

swindled by them.  All right here's the last example. She was

taken in by a phone scam. You know,  maybe they called her up and they convinced her

to wire some money for some reason.  Yeah.  in Asia , they used to have a lot of the

ones where  you know maybe they used to tell somebody that their child was

kidnapped and they heard a child crying and you know they just had to find

somebody that really had a you know either a grandchild or a child and they

might get nervous and they panic and they actually wire money and they get

taken in and when this never really was a kidnapping.

But anyway. So you could be taken in by a scam or you could be taken in by some

trick. Okay. Anyway I hope you got it.  I hope it was clear. I hope it

was informative. Thank you for your time.  Bye-bye.