tke a person's masure

(1) 服の寸法を取る.

・The tailor took my measure for a new suit. 洋服屋が私の新しい服の寸法を取った.

(2) 人物[素質, 才能]を見定める.

・I soon took his measure.

tke the masure of a person's fot 人物[器量, 力量]を見抜く.

masure for masure

(1) しっぺ返し (tit for tat).

(2) [M- for M-] 「以尺報尺」, 「尺には尺を」 《Shakespeare 作の喜劇 (1604)》.

vt.

1a 〈大きさ・広さ・量・寸法などを〉計る, 測定する, 寸法を取る.