4、take the place of, take place
take the place of是"代替"的意思。若所代替的对象是代词，则通常采用take one's place的形式。例如：Electronic computers have taken the place of thousands of working people.电子计算机代替了千万个人的劳动。Last night, our monitor didn't come and I was asked to take his place.昨晚我们班长未到，大家要我代替他。
take place表示"发生，举行"的意思，是不及物短语动词，不可用被动语态。它仅用于历的事件，集会等，而不用于地震等自然界的现象。它常可与happen换用。例如：In 1919,the May 4th Movement took place in China.1919年，中国爆发了五四运动。Battle after battle took place in which the enemy suffered heavy losses.战斗一个接一个地进行，在这些战斗中敌人蒙受了重大损失.
5、tell...of, tell...about, tell...from
tell...of和tell...about中的动词tell后须接表示人的名词或代词，介词of和about后接谈到的情况或内容，这两个词组在一般情况下可以换用。但在表示提起某事时，倾向于tell...of,在表示详细地讲述有关情况时，倾向于用tell...about。例如：She told us of / about the difficulties she had met with in her work.她给我们谈了谈她在工作中碰到的困难。We must tell them of/ about our decision.我们应当把我们的决定告诉他们。He told us about the present situation.他给我们谈了当前的形势。
tell...from表示对好坏，优劣，真假或两种事物加以 "区分"的意思。其
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