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[missdaredevil]

1.You *have taken* to observing women.
What does that mean?

2.The papers lift things out of context to make *sensational reading.*
To make it sensational to readers?

3. People take a back seat to fear.
People allow fear to take control of them?

Thanks

[CP]

1. It means, "You have begun observing women" or "You have started to observe women."

When you see, "He has taken to drink," it means "He has started drinking alcohol [too much]."

2. Yes.

3. Yes.
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[kerstin]

People take a back seat to authority.

Can that mean people are inclined to obey than to question the authority, simply because they don't want to put effort ?

Thanks