take up

Vietnamese meaning

1. Chiếm thời gian hoặc không gian.verb
2. Làm cho quần áo ngắn lại.verb
3. Bắt đầu một sở thích mới, thú tiêu khiển, v.v.verb

Japanese

• 占めるしめるchiếm (tỉ lệ)
• 受け付けるうけつけるtiếp nhận, nhận (đơn)
• 取り上げるとりあげるnhặt lên

Examples

1. An awful lot of my time at work is taken up with pointless bureaucracy nowadays.

2. The trousers were too long so I took them up to make them fit.

3. He took up squash as he felt he had to lose some weight.