Select the correct answer.
Based on this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country," what is the contextual meaning of the phrase "take up"?
*Ah, yes," the major said. "Why, then, do you not take up the use of grammar?" So we took up the use of grammar, and soon Italian
such a difficult language that I was afraid to talk to him until I had the grammar straight in my mind.
A. to become interested in or engaged in something
B. to begin to hold or work at a position or post
C.
to occupy time, space, or the attention of someone
D. to pursue a matter later or further with someone