take back

返品する

買った物を、普通は返金してもらうために店に返す。

やさしい英語で： To return something you bought to the shop, usually to get your money back.

• I will take these shoes back.
• She took the broken radio back to the store.
• Can you take it back without a receipt?

使い方： take something back to somewhere (I took the faulty kettle back to the shop.)

類義語： return

よく使う表現： take back something, take something back, take back shoes

撤回する、取り消す

前に言ったことが間違いだった、または今はそう思わないと伝える。

やさしい英語で： To say that something you said earlier was wrong or that you no longer mean it.

• I take back what I said.
• She took back her unfair criticism.
• Will you take that insult back?

使い方： take back what + clause (I take back what I said about your cooking.)

類義語： retract, withdraw

よく使う表現： take back something, take something back, take back words

昔を思い出させる

昔の時代や経験を人に思い出させる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone remember an earlier time or experience.

• This song takes me back.
• The photograph took her back to her school days.
• Does this place take you back to your childhood?

使い方： take someone back to something (That smell takes me back to my childhood.)

類義語： remind, bring back memories

よく使う表現： take someone back, take back someone

復縁する、よりを戻す

別れた相手を再び受け入れ、恋愛関係をやり直す。

やさしい英語で： To accept a former partner again and restart your relationship with them.

• She agreed to take him back.
• He begged his wife to take him back.
• Would you take back a partner who cheated?

使い方： take someone back (She refused to take him back after he lied again.)

類義語： get back together with

よく使う表現： take someone back, take back someone

取り戻す

以前持っていた物や、人にあげたり失ったりした物を再び手に入れる。

やさしい英語で： To get something back that you previously owned, gave away, or lost.

• He took back the ring.
• The army took back the town from the enemy.
• Can I take my book back now?

使い方： take something back from someone (She took her keys back from her brother.)

類義語： reclaim, recover, retrieve

反対語： give away

よく使う表現： take back something, take something back, take back control

再び自分たちのものにする

特に自分たちへの攻撃に使われた言葉や象徴、伝統を再び自分たちのものにする。

やさしい英語で： To make a word, symbol, or tradition your own again, especially after others used it against you.

• The community took back the insulting word.
• Artists are taking back symbols once used against their people.
• They want to take back their language and celebrate it.

使い方： take something back from someone (The community took the symbol back from those who had misused it.)

類義語： reclaim, reappropriate

よく使う表現： take back something, take back words, take something back