“I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.”
“I read in self-defense.”
“It's about Russia.”
“Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.”
“UFOs are back in the news, and it is high time we took a serious look at the phenomenon. (Actually the time is ten past eight, so not only are we a few minutes late but I'm hungry).”
“I took a test in Existentialism. I left all the answers blank and got 100.”
“I wonder if Socrates and Plato took a house on Crete during the summer.”