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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Take
-We zig-zagged swiftly here and there over Europe to throw off the pursuers and finally returned to this house, which he had taken upon his first arrival in England.
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Does TAKE have a definite meaning of buy or rent? Or does it simply state that the person concerned chose this house, without telling us the nature of acquiring the house?
Thank you.
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Does TAKE have a definite meaning of buy or rent? Or does it simply state that the person concerned chose this house, without telling us the nature of acquiring the house?
Thank you.
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It would probably mean rent in this case.
- It would probably mean rent in this case.
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This is an outdated English term for leasing a rental house (or a flat) in the city for a business season, or perhaps for a full academic year.
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