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7. take to
(1) 喜欢。如：
He took to Mary as soon as they met. 他一见玛丽就爱上了她。
(2) 养成习惯，沉溺于。如：
He soon took to drinking again. 不久他又喝起酒来。
(3) 去(某处)。如：
He was ill and had to take to bed. 他病倒了，只好卧床。
8. take up
(1) 开始(学习或从事等)。如：
He dropped medicine and took up physics. 他放弃学医，开始学物理。
For a long time I had wanted to take up writing. 很久以来我一直想从事写作。
(2) 继续。如：
We took up our journey the next day. 第二天我们继续赶路。
This chapter takes up where the last one left off. 本章接续上一章谈到的内容。
(3) 占去(时间或空间)。如：
The table takes too much room. 这桌子太占地方了。
The work took up all of Sunday. 这活儿占去了整个星期天。
(4) 接纳(乘客等)，接受(挑战，建议，条件等)。如：
The bus stopped to take up passengers. 公共汽车停下来让乘客上车。
He has taken up the bet. 他已接受打赌的条件。
(5) 提出(商讨)，讨论。如：
There’s another matter which we ought to take up. 还有一件事我们要提出来商量。
9. take sb sth / take sth to sb 给某人带(送)去某物。如：
Take your father this glass of water. / Take this glass ofwater to your father. 把这杯水给你父亲送去。
Take her some flowers. / Take some flowers to her. 带一些花给她。(from www.nmet168.com)
10. take sb (sth) for [to be]……把某人(某物)当作……。如：
He took her smile for agreement. 他把她的微笑视为同意。
Of course I didn’t tell her your secret ---- what do youtake me for? 当然我没有把你的秘密告诉她---你都把我当什么人了?
I took him for an honest man [to be honest]. 我看他为人老实。
I took him for Mr Smith. 我错把他看成是史密斯先生。
注：按传统说法：take……for 往往指不合事实地“错误认为”，而 take……to be [as]则可能指正确地也可能指不正确地“认为”，但现代英语已不完全遵循此规则。
11. It takes (sb) some time to do sth 做某事花(某人)时间。如：
It took me two hours to do the maths exercises. 做数学练习花了我两个小时。
It will take three hours to go there by bus. 坐公共汽车去要花三个小时。
注：该句型在现代英语中可有多种变体。比较：
It took him half an hour to mend his bike. / It took half an hour for him to mend the bike. 他修理自行车花了半个小时。
It took him 10 minutes to solve the problem. / He took 10 minutes solving [to solve] the problem. 他花10分钟解出了这道题。
It took me an hour to write the letter. / The letter took me an hour (to write). / I took an hour to write the letter. 我写这封信花了一个小时。
按传统语法，以上句型只用于花时间，不用于花钱，但这在现代英语中已有所改变。如：
It took him a lot of money to buy her a fur coat. / It took a lot of money for him to buy her a fur coat. 他给她买一件皮外套花了不少钱。
12. It takes sth (sb) to do sth 某做某事花精力(需要人等)。如：
It takes two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。
It took three men to lift the box. 抬这个箱子要三个人。
It would take a strong man to do the work. 身强力壮的人才做得了这工作。
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