It can be “takeout” or “take-out.” “Takeout” is a compound noun that means “food that you order from a restaurant to eat somewhere else” (e.g., “We didn’t have time to eat at the restaurant, so we ordered takeout”). In UK English, “takeaway” is more common.
“Take-out” (with a hyphen) is an adjective (as well as a compound word) that modifies a noun that pertains to the food that you can take out (e.g., “The line for take-out BBQ was too long, so we left”). The UK version of this is “take-away.”
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The meaning of “take me back” is usually “to remind me of a previous time that I remember fondly.”
People sometimes say “take me back” all by itself in a conversation about a time they long for (e.g., “These onesies remind me of when Maya was a baby. Take me back”). It’s become a catchphrase or common exclamation in popular culture.
You can also say that something “takes me back” (or use any other object pronoun for the person who is “taken back”) when it reminds you of a previous time (e.g., “These tiny cowboy boots take me back to when Maya was a baby”).
Yet another meaning for “take me back” is “allow me to have a relationship with you again” (e.g., “I begged the company that laid me off to take me back”).
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“Take a load off” means “to relax or release a burden.” This idiomatic phrase is most commonly associated with the line “Take a load off, Annie” in The Band’s iconic song “The Weight.”
You can tell someone to take a load off when you invite them to sit down and relax (e.g., “You must be tired. Take a load off, and I’ll get you a drink”).
You can also take a load (i.e., a burden) off of something or someone (e.g., “The new administrative assistant took a huge load off of the office manager”).
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“Take my breath away” means “to be exceptionally beautiful, exciting, or surprising.” For example, a wedding guest might say, “Lily took my breath away when she walked down the aisle.” (It’s also the title of a love song by Berlin from the 1980s.)
You can substitute “my” with any other possessive adjective or possessive noun (e.g., “The view of the Grand Canyon really takes your breath away”). Another variation is the adjective “breathtaking,” which is a compound word that means “exciting.”
“Take one’s breath away” is a common idiomatic phrase in English. It’s a bit tricky because “take” is an irregular verb with conjugations like “took” and “taken.”
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The most common meaning of “take heart” is “to stay hopeful and courageous during challenging times.” “Take heart” is an idiomatic phrase that someone says to inspire or encourage another person.
You can say “take heart” by itself or followed by a prepositional phrase that begins with “in” or a noun clause that begins with “that.”
- “Take heart. This too shall pass.”
- “Older adults who are worried about the future should take heart in the next generation’s commitment to equity.”
- “Even though we lost the game, we should take heart that we learned a lot this season.”
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Gonna is an informal alternative to going to used in everyday speech (e.g., “I think it’s gonna rain today”).
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No, will is not a subordinating conjunction. It can either function as a verb (e.g., a modal verb) or a noun (e.g., “Where there’s a will, there’s a way”).
The future tenses (simple future and future perfect etc.) use the verb “will.”
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The verb will is used to form the future tenses, and it is often classified as a helping verb in this context (e.g., “I will meet you outside the theater at 7 p.m.”).
Some linguists classify “will” as a modal verb or modal auxiliary when it’s used to talk about the future because they do not regard the “will future” as a true future tense (and the term “helping verb” refers to verbs that are used to form tenses).
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No, will is not a conjunction. It can either be a verb (e.g., a modal verb) or a noun (e.g., “He has a very strong will”).
The future tense is formed using the verb “will.”
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No, will is not a preposition. Its part of speech is a verb (e.g., a modal verb) or a noun (e.g., “She has a strong will”).
The verb “will” is used to form the future tense.
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