take it up

English translation: take up the challenge she was making

10:30 Aug 24, 2012

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English term or phrase: take it up

She smiled a little. "You are horribly nervous; you have your own troubles. I know you think the Wellands are unreasonable about your marriage, and of course I agree with you. In Europe people don't understand our long American engagements; I suppose they are not as calm as we are." She pronounced the "we" with a faint emphasis that gave it an ironic sound.

Archer felt the irony but did not dare to -------------------take it up. -------------------------After all, she had perhaps purposely deflected the conversation from her own affairs, and after the pain his last words had evidently caused her he felt that all he could do was to follow her lead. But the sense of the waning hour made him desperate: he could not bear the thought that a barrier of words should drop between them again.

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Selected answer:take up the challenge she was making

Explanation:
She seems to be challenging him to deny that "we" are very calm about long engagements. He did not accept the challenge to explain himself.

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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 12:09

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take up the challenge she was making

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take up the challenge she was making

Explanation:
She seems to be challenging him to deny that "we" are very calm about long engagements. He did not accept the challenge to explain himself.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 12:09
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PRO pts in category: 275

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