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PHRASAL VERBS 396

 interrupt sb in order to contradict or criticize him; [azarlamak, paylamak]

When I offered the old lady a meal she took me up saying that she was not hungry.
The boss took me up when I suggested that he should employ a new secretary.

 begin (work), start (a job), start as a hobby or sport; [işe, spora vs’ye başlamak]

I have taken up a job as a teacher.
You should take up a sport.

 shorten; [kısaltmak]

I took up the dress at the waist.

Your skirt needs taking up.

 take up with (tr)

 begin to be friendly with or spend a lot of time with sb; [arkadaşlık, kurmak, düşüp
kalkmak]

They have taken up with each other for eight years.
Ann has taken up with a pop singer.

consult to sb, raise sth to sb; [-in görüşünü almak]

Before making a decision, I took the matter up with my teacher.

 talk back to (tr)

 reply or answer to sb, esp. in a questioning or critical way; [-e karşı gelmek]

She never talks back to her parents.

 talk down (tr)

 stop sb. speaking by talking loudly or persistently; [bağırarak kişinin konuşmasını bölmek,
kesmek]

The Chairman was talked down three times at the meeting yesterday.

 talk down to (tr)

talk to another person as an inferior; [aşağı görerek konuşmak]

Our manager never talks down to us.