미국 회사에서 가장 많이 쓰이는 Take 활용법 을 함께 정리해봅니다.
1. 바쁜데 시간 내줘서 고마워.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule.
2. (미팅을 마무리하며) 더 이상 시간 뺏지 않을게.
I don’t wanna take up any more of your time.
3. 이제 질문 받을게요.
I’ll take questions now.
4. 여기서부터는 내가 처리 할게.
I’ll take it from here.
5. 네 의견/생각은 어때?
What’s your take (on it)??
6. (내 호의를) 거절 마.
I won’t take no for an answer.
7. 천천히 해도 돼.
No rush. Take your time.
8. 할 수 있는 건 뭐든 다 할게.
I’ll do whatever it takes.
Take 활용법 1탄 review
1. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule.
2. I don’t wanna take up any more of your time.
I want you to get to work.
3. That’s all I have. I’d be happy to take questions now.
4. I’ll take it from here.
I’ll let John take it from here. John, the floor’s yours.
I’ll be quiet and let Lois take it from there.
5. What’s your take (on it)? (이 상황에 대해 어떤 입장/태도를 취하고 있는지) 너의 의견은 어때?
-Collins 사전: Someone’s take on a particular situation or fact is their attitude to it or their interpretation of it.
A: What’s your take?
B: I think it’s a great idea, sir.
A: What’s your take on it?
B: My take is that it’s a very promising campaign.
-Collins 사전: Someone or something that is promising seems likely to be very good or successful.
I think this campaign is very promising.
My take is that overall it’s been helpful.
That’s my take on it. 제 의견/생각은 그렇습니다.
<(마무리 문장) 저희가 왜 이런 상황에 처해있는지에 대한 제 생각은 그렇습니다>
That’s my take on it as to why we’re where we are.
<(마무리 문장) 애플사에 대한 제 의견/생각은 그렇습니다>
So that’s my take on Apple.
6. take (특정한 방식으로) 이해하다/받아들이다
-롱맨 사전: to react to someone or something or consider them in a particular way
How did he take the news?
Not so well.
I mean, he didn’t see it coming.
-캠브릿지 사전: to expect something to happen (~란걸 예상하다)
I saw it coming. 그럴 줄 알았어.
<(책 내용을 미리 스포하고) 나도 그렇게 전개도리지 몰았어>
Dumbledore dies in that one.
Yeah, I know, I didn’t see it coming, either.
I don’t think he’s taking it too well.
호의를 베풀며 거절 말라며
– I insist.
– I won’t take no for an answer.
<맛있는 디저트를 제안하며>
A: We should celebrate with a Cinnabon, and I won’t take no for an answer.
B: Okay, I’ll have one.
I won’t take no for an answer.
A: He said he’ll think about it.
B: We should take that as a no.
<승낙으로 생각해도 돼?>
A: Can we take that as yes?
B: No.
A: I don’t know.
B: I’ll take that as a maybe.
7. 시간이 걸릴 때 take
-Collins 사전: If something takes a certain amount of time, that amount of time is needed in order to do it.
Why are you ~ 보다 덜 공격적인
What’s taking so long?
<처리할 게 많아서 오래걸려>
A: What is taking so long?
B: It’s a lot to process.
It would take at least 6 months
*at least 최소한/적어도
A: How long would that take?
B: At least another day.
No rush. Take your time. 서두르지 않아도 되니 천천히 해.
<서둘러 계약하지 않아도 되니 천천히 생각해보라며>
But you know, take your time, right?
You don’t wanna rush into something like this.
Take your time < Take as long as you want/need.
A: Maybe you’re right, but I need think.
B: Well, take as long as you want.
<오래 안 걸릴 거라며>
It won’t take long.
Please bear with me as we go through these bullet points. It won’t take long.
*롱맨 사전 Bear with me: used to ask someone politely to wait while you find out information, finish what you are doing etc.
;to be patient or continue to do something difficult or unpleasant
잠깐이면 돼요.
It won’t take long.
8. 뭔가를 필요로 할 때 take
-롱맨 사전: If something takes a particular amount of time, money, effort etc, that amount of time etc is needed for it to happen or succeed
Parenting takes a lot of patience.
인내심이 많이 필요한 일이네요.
This takes so much patience.
필요하다면 수단과 방법을 가리지 않고 뭐든 다
I’ll do whatever it takes to fix this.
-위키피디아: Anything, including measures which may be extreme or wrongful, that is required to achieve an objective
I’ll do whatever it takes.
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