give and take: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

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    • A reciprocal exchange in which parties alternately give and receive goods, favors, or actions.

    Examples

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    • In any successful relationship, there must be a healthy give and take between both partners.

      In any successful relationship, there must be a healthy give and take between both partners.

    • The negotiations involved a give and take where each side made concessions to reach an agreement.

      The negotiations involved a give and take where each side made concessions to reach an agreement.

    • Without some give and take, it’s hard to maintain friendships over long distances and time.

      Without some give and take, it’s hard to maintain friendships over long distances and time.

  • 2.

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    • A process of compromise or mutual concession in which each party makes adjustments to reach agreement.

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    • The team’s success depended on their ability to engage in give and take, adapting to each other’s ideas.

      The team’s success depended on their ability to engage in give and take, adapting to each other’s ideas.

    • In politics, give and take is essential to find compromises that satisfy multiple interests.

      In politics, give and take is essential to find compromises that satisfy multiple interests.

    • During the project, there was a lot of give and take between departments to balance workloads and deadlines.

      During the project, there was a lot of give and take between departments to balance workloads and deadlines.

Examples:

  • EN: But sometimes it takes years to marry their natures to come to a perfect understanding, each for each. ... to give and take, to find that divine adjustment when you can look at each other and say... This can go on forever.
    ES: Pero a veces lleva años casar sus naturalezas... para conseguir un perfecto entendimiento, uno por otro... dar y tomar, encontrar la adaptación divina cuando miras al otro y dices... esto puede durar siempre.
  • EN: Ought to be a question of give and take.
    ES: Hay que saber dar y tomar.
  • EN: Do you believe in give and take?
    ES: ¿Eres partidaria del toma y daca?
  • EN: Now there are gonna be a good many songs and a good many shows for you. It may be difficult for you to understand now, but one day, you'll realize you've got to give and take, whether you like it or not.
    ES: Es difícil de comprender, pero tienes que dar y recibir te guste o no.
  • EN: Somebody has got to start a little give and take
    ES: Alguien tiene que comenzar a dar y recibir
  • EN: But sometimes it takes years to marry their natures to come to a perfect understanding, each for each. ... to give and take, to find that divine adjustment when you can look at each other and say... This can go on forever.
    ES: Pero a veces lleva años casar sus naturalezas... para conseguir un perfecto entendimiento, uno por otro... dar y tomar, encontrar la adaptación divina cuando miras al otro y dices... esto puede durar siempre.
  • EN: Ought to be a question of give and take.
    ES: Hay que saber dar y tomar.
  • EN: Do you believe in give and take?
    ES: ¿Eres partidaria del toma y daca?
  • EN: Now there are gonna be a good many songs and a good many shows for you. It may be difficult for you to understand now, but one day, you'll realize you've got to give and take, whether you like it or not.
    ES: Es difícil de comprender, pero tienes que dar y recibir te guste o no.
  • EN: Somebody has got to start a little give and take
    ES: Alguien tiene que comenzar a dar y recibir
  • EN: It's give and take if we are to survive.
    ES: Es un "toma y daca" si queremos sobrevivir.
  • EN: Because give and take.
    ES: Favor por favor.
  • EN: A bit more give and take and instead of thinking treble whisky is faster than an express train she'd been nestling in his arms
    ES: Un poco de toma y daca, un poquito más de razonamiento, en lugar de tragar whiskies triples más deprisa que un tren expreso, y ella caería rendida en sus brazos.
  • EN: It's all a matter of give and take.
    ES: Se trata de dar y recibir.
  • EN: Now I think we can sum up this discussion by saying that marriage is a very, very good idea indeed, if we are prepared to give and take, as Lady Dodd says.
    ES: Podemos sintetizar esta discusión diciendo que el matrimonio es muy buena idea, si estamos dispuestos a dar y recibir como dice Lady Dodd.
  • EN: The Professor is of opinion that both parties must be prepared to make some sacrifice and there must be some give and take.
    ES: El profesor piensa que ambas partes deben estar dispuestas a hacer algún sacrificio y que debe haber toma y daca.
  • EN: We give and take our chances.
    ES: Damos y tomamos ocasiones
  • EN: - We must both give and take, my gracious lord.
    ES: - Los tendremos y los daremos, mi amado señor.
  • EN: You got to give and take.
    ES: Hay que dar y recibir.
  • EN: In short, a kind of give and take.
    ES: En resumen, una especie de toma y daca.

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