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Phrasal verb "take in" (understand)



 
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Phrasal verb "take in" (understand) Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:28 am  Phrasal verb "take in" (understand)
 

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ESL/EFL Test #5 "Learning tips and instructions", question 9

Play the tape back as many times as you like and ......... everything that the native speaker has said.

(a) hold
(b) take
(c) hear
(d) repeat

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #5 "Learning tips and instructions", answer 9

Play the tape back as many times as you like and repeat everything that the native speaker has said.

Correct answer: (d) repeat

Your answer was: incorrect
Play the tape back as many times as you like and take everything that the native speaker has said.
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I think that i use "take" here is a correct usage, which means understand.
Please help me expound it!
Thanks very much!
Raghvendra
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Phrasal verb "take in" (understand) Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:28 am  Phrasal verb "take in" (understand)
 

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The phrasal verb for 'understand' is take in, not simply take.
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