Chunk: Language Notes/Natural Grammar/03-Chunks/take-for-granted
Formulaic Unit
Meaning: To expect something to always be available or happen, without appreciating its true value.
Parent Keyword: Language Notes/Natural Grammar/01-Keywords/take
💬 Usage & Context Examples
- Never take your health for granted.
- He felt like his employer was taking him for granted.
- We often take clean drinking water for granted until the supply is interrupted.
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Practice 1: You shouldn't take good friends ______ granted.
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for Practice 2: She felt taken for ______ because no one thanked her for her hard work.
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granted 🔗 Knowledge Base Connections
- 🔑 Parent Keyword: Language Notes/Natural Grammar/01-Keywords/take
🎬 Narrative & Case Study Applications
- Buddhist Themes in Lucky — Demonstrates how ordinary consciousness tends to take physical health for granted until an unexpected somatic fall acts as an ontological shock, forcing the individual out of passive habituation into Heideggerian Angst and authentic existential evaluation.