I took it for granted that we should build new roads.

我们应该修造新的公路，我认为这是理所当然的。

youdao

I took it for granted you knew, but if I had spent as much time talking with you as I did polishing chrome, perhaps I would have.

我满以为你早就知道了，但要是以前我也用那样多的时间和你交谈，或许会向你说这些的。

youdao

I just took it for granted that he'd always be around.

我还想当然地以为他总能随叫随到呢。

《牛津词典》

I once landed on my face. I soon learned that it took much less effort for me to move on Mars than it did on Earth.

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So what I'm saying now is it took a long time for this to solidify. And one of the things we think made it solidify was the development of codices,a codex.

所以这花了很长一段时间,才得以统一，我们觉得,使它统一的是抄本的出现。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Same story for sophomore, same story for junior year, I finally took it senior year because they wouldn't get another chance even though it still doesn't fit in the workload ha ha.

大二，大三都是如此，最后我到大四才来上这门课,因为即使学业再忙,再不选就没有机会了，哈哈。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

It was embarrassing to make a careless error, but I took responsibility for it and will double-check my work in the future.

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K., except where it crossed the road and I took a run for it.

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"When I took him on it was for a challenge, and that means making him one of the best players in the world, " he said.

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