take notes
Also, make notes. Record one's observations or what one hears in order to help recall them later. For example, Jim never takes notes in class and I think he'll regret it, or The decorator made notes of window measurements and other dimensions. [Mid-1500s] Also see take note.
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How to use take notes in a sentence
"It's rubbed with curry and five-spice powder," he explains as waiters take notes.
A Magical Meal at Louie’s Backyard in the Conch Republic | Jane & Michael Stern | July 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd he would give me an assignment or something to be thinking about my life, or take notes on it.
‘Boyhood’ Star Ellar Coltrane: An Astonishing Debut 12 Years in the Making | Kevin Fallon | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI take notes as they come—be it on the bus, or eating dinner.
She was forbidden to take notes and was forced, more or less, to commit the information to memory.
Dan Senor and Saul Singer on why U.S. companies should take notes.
Naturally enough it did not occur to anyone to take notes of the comings and goings of a very ordinary young man.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThere were many present, and before the meeting formally began, I obtained permission to take notes in writing of what passed.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanBut I have to listen to Cray for eighteen hours every week, and he hates me because I won't take notes for his beastly essays.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieI told my story, and the ass in charge asked me to calm myself, and wanted to take notes.
In the Fog | Richard Harding DavisI came here to take notes for a book, but I haven't done much but attend dinners and make speeches.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
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