phrasal verb · neutral
take to heart
UK/teɪk tə hɑːt/US/teɪk tə hɑrt/take·to·HEART
speakingtask2
to be emotionally affected by something such as criticism or advice
Examples
“Don't take the negative comments to heart; they are not a fair reflection of your work.”
“She took his advice to heart and worked harder.”
“We should take to heart the lessons learned from last year's failures.”
Band 8 sentence
“Policymakers should take public feedback to heart when designing effective interventions.”
Collocations
- take criticism to heart
- take advice to heart
Word family
heart (n) nountake to heart (phr. v) verb
Common mistakes
take heart→take to heart
take to hearted→took to heart / take to heart
Say it for a higher band
5be affected by→6internalize→7+take to heart
Synonyms
internalize
be affected by
Easily confused
take heart
“I took her criticism to heart and made major changes to my proposal.”
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