take to heart

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take to heart (third-person singular simple present takes to heart, present participle taking to heart, simple past took to heart, past participle taken to heart)

(idiomatic) To take something seriously; to internalize or live according to something (e.g. advice.)
He really took it to heart when I asked him to reconsider.
(idiomatic) To feel keenly; be greatly grieved at; be much affected by something.

Translations

to take something seriously

Afrikaans: die saak aantrek
Chinese:
Mandarin: 想不開／想不开 (zh) (xiǎng bù kāi), 往心裡去／往心里去 (wǎng xīnlǐ qù)
Danish: lægge på hjertet
Dutch: ter harte nemen (nl)
Finnish: ottaa sydämelleen, ottaa itseensä (fi)
French: prendre à cœur (fr)
German: sich zu Herzen nehmen
Maori: whakangākau
Norwegian:
Bokmål: legge på hjertet
Polish: wziąć sobie do serca (pl)
Russian: принима́ть (что-либо) бли́зко к сердцу (prinimátʹ (što-libo) blízko k serdcu)
Turkish: ciddiye almak (tr)
Ukrainian: брати до серця (uk) (braty do sercja)

to feel keenly

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ottaa sydämelleen, liikuttua (fi)
French: prendre à cœur (fr)
Hungarian: mellre szív
Spanish: tomar a la tremenda, tomar a pecho
Turkish: içerlemek (tr)

References

Soule's Dictionary of Synonyms

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