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15 May

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Please show me example sentences with take charge . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.

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newenglandgenie

15 May

English (US)

The police arrived and took charge of the situation.
My sister is not very agreeable sometimes because when she arrives she always takes charge and gets bossy. People don’t like it.

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sakalisian012

15 May

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@newenglandgenie Could you show me more examples?

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newenglandgenie

15 May

English (US)

@sakalisian012
We have a “take charge” kind of boss who always gets things done on time.

My parents arrived and took charge of the house move.

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sakalisian012

15 May

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newenglandgenie

15 May

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@sakalisian012 Would you like some more examples? Do you have a question about it?

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sakalisian012

15 May

Spanish (Spain)

@newenglandgenie That phrase in Spanish translates as "hacerse cargo" but I don't know how many other meanings it has.😬

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newenglandgenie

15 May

English (US)

I looked it up on Google Translate and I do see “take over”. Take over isn’t exactly the same as take charge. Take over means assume control as in The Nazis took over. Take charge is different—it means to assume responsibility. If a boss takes charge he assumes responsibility usually in a good way. Take over usually has a bad sense to it.

Does this make any sense!

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sakalisian012

15 May

Spanish (Spain)

@newenglandgenie I think I'm understanding. 😬🤔
Does "take over" have a bad meaning?

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newenglandgenie

15 May

English (US)

@sakalisian012 How about this?

My parents TOOK CHARGE of our move to Madrid. My parents took the responsibility to organize everything, make sure the move went smoothly, tell people what to do in a nice way, etc. We were happy.

My parents TOOK OVER our move to Madrid. They marched into my house, announced that they were going to do everything and started bossing everyone around. We were pissed off 🤗

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sakalisian012

15 May

Spanish (Spain)

I think I understand.
I can't remember the last time I had to fight with a difference.

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newenglandgenie

15 May

English (US)

@sakalisian012 I hope this helps. Another factor is tone of voice of someone. You can often tell what someone means by how they say it.

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sakalisian012

15 May

Spanish (Spain)

@newenglandgenie How would be that?

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newenglandgenie

15 May

English (US)

If someone says “you always take charge” with an angry voice you know it means “you’re taking over” and I don’t like it. If the voice isn’t angry and they simply say “could you please take over the meeting for me because I have a phone call” you know it just means “could you assume responsibility and go through the agenda items with staff.”

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sakalisian012

15 May

Spanish (Spain)

@newenglandgenie So take over means that someone has to assume in a place?
He took over the kitchen
He took charge of cooking

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newenglandgenie

15 May

English (US)

It doesn’t have to be in a physical location. It can also be take over or take charge of a situation.

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Please show me example sentences with take charge.

Please show me example sentences with take charge . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible. See a translation

The police arrived and took charge of the situation. My sister is not very agreeable sometimes because when she arrives she always takes charge and gets bossy. People don’t like it.

@sakalisian012 We have a “take charge” kind of boss who always gets things done on time. My parents arrived and took charge of the house move.

@sakalisian012 Would you like some more examples? Do you have a question about it?

@sakalisian012 I hope this helps. Another factor is tone of voice of someone. You can often tell what someone means by how they say it.

It doesn’t have to be in a physical location. It can also be take over or take charge of a situation.

Please show me example sentences with take charge . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.

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The police arrived and took charge of the situation.
My sister is not very agreeable sometimes because when she arrives she always takes charge and gets bossy. People don’t like it.

@sakalisian012
We have a “take charge” kind of boss who always gets things done on time.

My parents arrived and took charge of the house move.