"I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
"People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
"The cow accepted the bull"
"accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
"I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
"I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
"The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
"This surface will not take the dye"
"take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
"the article was a very good read"
"read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
"The King will read the proclamation at noon"
"She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
"He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
"I read you loud and clear!"
"She is reading for the bar exam"
"The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
"The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
"This dictionary can be read by the computer"
"I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"