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Black_Rose_2011 Posted 15 years ago
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What mean this Idiom?

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Take up time

For example this sentence

Writing an essay take up a lot of time
  

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Hi, It requires a lot of my time. It consumes a lot of my time. There often is a suggestion that the speaker resents this.

— Clive

  • Hi, It requires a lot of my time.
  • It consumes a lot of my time.
  • There often is a suggestion that the speaker resents this.
  • Clive
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Hi,

It requires a lot of my time.

It consumes a lot of my time.

There often is a suggestion that the speaker resents this.

Clive
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Hi Black Rose welcome to English Forums.
Black_Rose_2011Hi guys
I'm new in this site.
I'm learning English and I love it.
Now I have a question
what does this idiom mean?
Take up time.
For example this sentence;
Writing an essay takes up a lot of time
You spend a lot of time doing it.
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