take for

prendre pour, confondre avec

Croire à tort qu’une personne ou une chose est une autre.

En anglais simple : To wrongly think that someone or something is someone or something else.

• I took you for my brother.
• She took the plastic flowers for real ones.
• Did you take him for the manager?

Comment l'utiliser : take someone/something for someone/something (I took the bag for a cushion.)

Synonymes : mistake for, confuse with

Expressions courantes : take someone for, take for someone else

emmener

Emmener quelqu’un quelque part pour manger, boire ou obtenir autre chose.

En anglais simple : To bring someone somewhere to get food, a drink, or another thing.

• Dad took us for ice cream.
• Can I take you for lunch tomorrow?
• She takes her mother for tea every Friday.

Comment l'utiliser : take someone for something (I will take you for a coffee.)

Expressions courantes : take for coffee, take for ice cream, take someone for lunch

prendre pour, considérer comme

Croire que quelqu’un est un certain type de personne.

En anglais simple : To believe that someone is a particular kind of person.

• Do you take me for a fool?
• She took him for an honest man.
• They must take us for complete idiots.

Comment l'utiliser : take someone for someone/something (Do you take me for a child?)

Synonymes : regard as, consider

Expressions courantes : take someone for, take for a fool

escroquer, arnaquer

Tromper quelqu’un pour lui soutirer une certaine somme d’argent.

En anglais simple : To trick someone into giving you a particular amount of money.

• The dealer took me for fifty dollars.
• Those crooks took him for all his savings.
• How much did the scammer take you for?

Comment l'utiliser : take someone for an amount (The fake broker took her for five thousand pounds.)

Synonymes : swindle, cheat, rip off

Expressions courantes : take someone for, take for thousands

facturer, compter

Compter un article à un prix déterminé dans un calcul ou une facture.

En anglais simple : To count an item as costing a particular amount.

• He took the bread for sixpence.
• The merchant took each sack for two shillings.
• She took the smaller items for a penny each.

Comment l'utiliser : take something for an amount (The shopkeeper took the bread for sixpence.)

Synonymes : charge for, reckon at

Expressions courantes : take something for, take for sixpence

se diriger vers

Aller en direction d’un endroit précis.

En anglais simple : To move towards a particular place.

• The fox took for the woods.
• The riders took for the nearest village.
• Seeing the hunters, the deer took for the hills.

Comment l'utiliser : take for a place (The fox took for the nearby woods.)

Synonymes : head for, make for

Expressions courantes : take for home, take for the woods