to strongly criticize someone for something they did wrong
сильно критиковать кого-то за что-то, что он сделал неправильно (sil'no kritikat' kogo-to za chto-to, chto on sdelal nepravil'no)
"The teacher took him to task for cheating on the exam."
"Учитель поругал его за списывание на экзамене." (uchitel' porugal ego za spisyvanie na ekzamenie)
to be in charge while someone is away
to take a short break
To take a risk to achieve something worthwhile.
to sense something strongly without evidence
to suddenly start talking about something unrelated
to be extremely surprised or shocked