take a stand (against someone or something)
-suprotstaviti se nekome ili nečemu The treasurer was forced to take a stand against the board because of its wasteful spending.
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Idiomi i fraze
Česti engleski idiomi i fraze
take a turn for the worse
pogoršati se syn deterirate, get worse
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take aback
iznenaditi He was taken aback. – Bio je zapanjen. “There’s now an expectation that card payment is available everywhere – it takes us aback as consumers if it isn’t.”
take cover
potražiti zaklon Mr Brown said the suspect had been killed when police used explosives placed by a robot to end a tense stand-off in a building where he had taken cover. If the bombing starts, take cover in the basement.
take heart
-biti ohrabren nečime I hope that you will take heart from what we told you today. I told her to take heart and try again next time.
take office
preuzeti dužnost When will the new President take office? Next month a new president—Enrique Peña Nieto—will take office, and many pray that the violence will ease. As he prepares to take office, the ongoing economic collapse worsens.
take one’s hat off to
izražavati divljenje prema I take my hat off to people who do voluntary work in their spare time.
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take sb by surprise
iznenaditi nekoga; izvršiti prepad na Bill caught his mother by surprise by coming to the door and pretending to be selling something. She bolted into the room and took them by surprise. I took the little bird by surprise, and it flew away.
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take someone’s word for it
-vjerovati komu na riječ Don’t just take her word for it – go and see for yourself.
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Take someone’s word for it
-vjerovati što netko kaže But don’t just take our word for it…look at the testimonials!
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take something with a pinch of salt
-uzeti nešto s rezervom You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt. She has a tendency to exaggerate.
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take sth in one’s stride
lako savladati There are often problems at work but she seems to take it all in her stride.
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take to something like a duck to water
naviknuti se na nešto vrlo brzo
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