They regard the Virgin Birth as a doctrine taken over from pagan mythology, where such births were not uncommon. (Zoroaster was said to have been born of a virgin; Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess, is called the Holy Virgin.)
[彼らは,処女受胎（処女降誕・処女懐胎神話）は,異教の神話からとられたものと考える。異教の神話のなかでは,そのようなことは決して稀ではない（ゾロアスターは処女から生れたと言われているし,バビロニアの女神イシュタルは,聖なる処女と呼ばれている）。
　出典:ラッセル「不可知論者とは何か」のなかの一節「処女受胎（について）」]

She was in obvious terror and longing to escape from Russia, but the Bolsheviks kept her under very close observations. There was a spy named Axionev, whom they had taken over from the ancien regime, who watched her every movement and listened to her every word.
[彼女は,明らかに恐怖を感じており,ロシアから逃げ出したがっていた。しかしボルシェヴィキたち(ロシア共産主義者たち)は彼女を厳重に監視していた。ボルシェヴィキが旧体制（帝制）から引き継いだアキシオネフ（Axionev）というスパイが,たえず彼女を監視し,彼女の話すことを一語も漏らさずに聴いていた。
　出典:ラッセル『自伝』第２巻第２章「ロシア」]

I'll take over your duties.
[私が君の職務を引き継ごう。
　出典：森一郎『試験にでる英熟語』p.96]

I'm feeling too tired to drive any more; will you take over? / Who do you think will take over now that the governor has been dismissed?
[　出典：Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, new ed.]

Try not to let negative thoughts take over / It has been suggested that mammals took over from dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
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　出典：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 8th ed.]