The headteacher usually takes us for French This means that the headteacher teaches the French lesson.
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helasThe head teacher usually takes us for French.As explained above, but also, 'believes that we are French and treats us as if we were French'. This second meaning is not at all likely for the sentence you quoted, but it is another meaning of the expression.