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bring, take
bring (BRING) (verb)
1. To come with something or someone to a place: Rita said that she would bring the money when she comes to Edna's house.
2. To move or carry to a place where some action is to occur: The students were asked to bring the books from the storeroom to the library to be put on shelves.
2. To move or carry to a place where some action is to occur: The students were asked to bring the books from the storeroom to the library to be put on shelves.
take (TAYK) (verb)
To get something into one’s possession or command: In a moment of passion, James attempted to take the young lady’s hand in his.
When Calvin comes to your house, he will bring a box of cookies which you and he can take to the party tonight.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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“take”
(Greek: usually a suffix meaning: lead, leading, leading forth, guide, guiding; bring, take; promoting, stimulating)
(Latin: catch, seize, take, take hold of, receive, contain, hold; caught, taken prisoner)
(based on words from The Washington Post's "Style Invitational" in which readers were given the opportunity to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and then to provide a new definition for the modified word)
(words that take the places of nouns)
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“take”
take under advisement
To shelve or to delay; usually, without taking any action.
"I'll take that under advisement" is the typical bureaucratic dodge for deferring an action in the hope that the problem will go away without further action; which is usually what happens.
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euphemisms and additional doubletalk
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