| English | Russian |
| as a general rule, my opinion is that military men must be kept out of it. It's folly to take their advice | я вообще считаю, что военных надо держать в стороне. Глупо с ними советоваться (Эренбург) |
| be so good as to love smb and take smb into favour | прошу любить и жаловать ("Ивана Кузмича дома нет, – сказала она, – он пошел в гости к отцу Герасиму; да все равно, батюшка, я его хозяйка. Прошу любить и жаловать." (А.С. Пушкин "Капитанская дочка") – "Iván Kouzmitch is not at home," said she. "He is gone to see Father Garassim. But it's all the same; I am his wife. Be so good as to love us and take us into favour." (Перевод M. P. E. Milne-Home)  weblitera.com Tamerlane) |
| take a shine to | сжалиться над (Eventually his captor took a shine to him and allowed him to sit upstairs in the building, not in the cellar. He was even given proper food to eat. theguardian.com 4uzhoj) |
| take a shine to | сжалиться (очень контекстно: Eventually his captor took a shine to him and allowed him to sit upstairs in the building, not in the cellar. He was even given proper food to eat. theguardian.com 4uzhoj) |
| take away to safety | вывезти (в безопасное место: He says they had to use a flat-bottomed boat to get the families out to safety. 4uzhoj) |
| take to safety | вывезти (в безопасное место 4uzhoj) |
| take turns to | то, то (требует изменения конструкции) |
