| Id | ESLPod_0357_WE_0388 |
|---|---|
| Episode Id | ESLPod 357 |
| Episode Title | Describing Facial Expressions |
| Phrase | taken aback |
| Text | The phrase "to be taken aback," in this podcast, means to be surprised and shocked, often in a negative way: "Everyone was taken aback by the way the little girl was yelling at her mother." If something is "taken over," it means that control over something was passed to another person: "The government was taken over by the rebels." Or, "The project has been taken over by another division." Something that has been "taken apart" has been disassembled into the smaller pieces from which it was made: "After Vincent had taken apart the car's engine, he was horrified to realize that he didn't know how to put it back together." Finally, the phrase "to be taken in" means to be deceived, or to be made to believe something that isn't true: "I can't believe you were taken in by that crazy story!" |
| Topics | About You |
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