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I’m great with phones

Phoebe: How? How’s it a bad idea? You need extra help for the auction and I need a job.
Prue: Well, not only are we family but we live together and I don’t think that my wardrobe can take the assault of your daily needs.
Phoebe: Okay, I’m great with phones, better with people and very computer-friendly and with a paycheck, I could purchase new clothes. So by hiring me, you’d actually be expanding your wardrobe, not decreasing it. And I’d be eternally grateful.
Prue: You really wanna work at Buckland's?
Phoebe: When opportunity knocks, I answer the door.
Prue: The job is very demanding. Auctions can be stressful.

I don’t think that my wardrobe can take the assault of your daily needs.

1. Does "take" in the sentence above mean "bear or tolerate" as in "She can't take criticism"?

2. I guess “I’m great with phones” means "I'm good at talking with people on the phones". Am I right?

  

Top answer

1) Yes. But the phrase' take the assault of your daily needs ' is unusual, and does not fit the casual tone of your dialogue. I'd reword your text a bit to say something like You're going to ruin my clothes .

— Clive

  • 1) Yes.
  • But the phrase' take the assault of your daily needs ' is unusual, and does not fit the casual tone of your dialogue.
  • I'd reword your text a bit to say something like You're going to ruin my clothes .
  • 2) Yes Clive
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1) Yes. But the phrase' take the assault of your daily needs' is unusual, and does not fit the casual tone of your dialogue. I'd reword your text a bit to say something like You're going to ruin my clothes.

2) Yes

Clive

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