"Take liberties with" nghĩa là gì?

"Take liberties with" = tước đoạt sự tự do -> nghĩa là hành động bất kính/không đẹp; sửa đổi cái gì để ích lợi cho mục tiêu của mình; hoặc thoải mái lạm dụng ai/cái gì.

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“That is in the same time frame. And they have a lot more skills, they are on top of their career,” he said. Unlike GP on maternity leave Mrs Barry, Mr Barry does not work in healthcare, but said that his own field of engineering has not seen anything comparable to the rise in pay scale of the MPs. “I do my work, I pay my taxes and I don’t pay my taxes for people to take liberties with it, basically,” he added.

“It was as good as an away performance I could’ve wished for. “I was a bit disappointed at half-time because once we scored I thought we sort of went into cruise control. “But we saw it out well and I was really pleased for Lloydy (George Lloyd) and I thought he deserved his goal. “It’s a good result and you can’t take liberties with any team in this league. “That’s also five clean sheets in five away games now so that always gives you a chance.”

I was advised by a colleague that when in a white van you were the ‘King of the Road’, meaning that you could take liberties with driving styles and parking. I found this to be true. As a ‘König der Strasse‘ I parked anywhere and everywhere, and never got a ticket. I parked once at a busy bus stop outside a skyscraper (nhà chọc trời) office building on Berliner Strasse, for 30 minutes. I went back and forward, hauling about 40 parcels up to various offices, with the hazard lights blinking. I knew that I was being watched on CCTV by beady-eyed traffic police. They didn’t give a damn, unlike the waiting bus passengers who loudly complained. Not even the bus drivers gave me grief. The brotherhood of drivers.

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