Question:
The following are the meanings listed in the dictionary against the phrase ‘take on’. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account:
take on sth: to begin to have a particular quality or appearance;
to assume sth take sb on: to employ sb;
to engage sb to accept sb as one’s opponent in a game, contest or conflict take sb/sth on: to decide to do sth;
to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship;
to take sth/sb on board
The following are the meanings listed in the dictionary against the phrase ‘take on’. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account:
| take on sth: | to begin to have a particular quality or appearance; to assume sth |
| take sb on: | to employ sb; to engage sb to accept sb as one’s opponent in a game, contest or conflict |
| take sb/sth on: | to decide to do sth; to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship; to take sth/sb on board |
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In the third paragraph, in lines: “… we took on two crewman to help us tackle … roughest seas…”, the word “took on” suggests to take somebody on i.e., to employ or engage somebody.
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