Question

Notice the different senses of the word ‘take’.

1. to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit
2. to take ill: to suddenly become ill
Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used.

Answer 1

1. There were no dogs in the streets and she took to feeding sparrows in the courtyard of our city house.

Meaning - begin to do something as a habit

2. The next morning she was taken ill.

Meaning- to suddenly become ill

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