context1: As in English-speaking countries, Czech females traditionally <strong>receive</strong> their father's surname at birth and <strong>take</strong> their husband's name when they marry. However, the names are not exactly the same; the endings differ to fit into the Czech language's systems of gender and of possessive adjectives. For example, if Martina Navrátilová were a man, her surname would be Navrátil.
context2: However, upon seeing her watching him tearfully from her hospital window, Snoopy grudgingly runs back to her, which she <strong>takes</strong> as a sign that he wants to live with her. After this moment, he returns home to 'settle his affairs' and say good-bye. Snoopy writes a letter that states that certain items of his will be given away: Linus is given his croquet set and chess set, Schroeder <strong>receives</strong> Snoopy's record collection).