to "take apart" as in, "He took apart his Lego set carefully."

The Lego set was assembled and he took each piece back off of the set until it was disassembled.

to "take/pick (something or someone) apart" as in, "The teacher took apart the paper she had written."

The teacher harshly criticized the paper she had written.

The teacher took away part of the paper she had written.

to "take a joke" as in, "He is never able to take a joke."

He is not able to laugh at joke that was made about him. 

"give-and-take" as in, "Marriages should be give-and-take relationships."

Married couples should both make effort to give to each other and not just expect the other partner to always give.

Married couples should both give and receive gifts on each other's birthdays and other celebrations.

to "take a break" as in, "We had been working for a while so we took a break."

After working for a while, we broke bread to eat. 