take for

と間違える

人や物を、別の人や物だと誤って思う。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： take someone/something for someone/something (I took the bag for a cushion.)

類義語： mistake for, confuse with

よく使う表現： take someone for, take for someone else

連れていく

食べ物や飲み物などを得るために、人をある場所へ連れていく。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： take someone for something (I will take you for a coffee.)

よく使う表現： take for coffee, take for ice cream, take someone for lunch

だと思う、と見なす

相手がある種類の人だと思う。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： take someone for someone/something (Do you take me for a child?)

類義語： regard as, consider

よく使う表現： take someone for, take for a fool

だまし取る

相手をだまして、ある金額のお金を出させる。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： take someone for an amount (The fake broker took her for five thousand pounds.)

類義語： swindle, cheat, rip off

よく使う表現： take someone for, take for thousands

の値段で計算する

ある品物の値段を、一定の金額として計算する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： take something for an amount (The shopkeeper took the bread for sixpence.)

類義語： charge for, reckon at

よく使う表現： take something for, take for sixpence

に向かう

ある場所に向かって移動する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： take for a place (The fox took for the nearby woods.)

類義語： head for, make for

よく使う表現： take for home, take for the woods