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 was 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

a. to introduce the audience to important characters .

b. to inform the audience where the story takes place .

e. to lay out specific details about different plot points.

remember, the goal of an adjective clause is to add more information to a noun or a pronoun. as you can see from the examples above, you can add information by including a longer adjective clause or tighten up a sentence by turning the adjective clause into an adjective phrase.

ian mortimer in his book "the time traveller's guide to elizabethan england" uses a narrative in his style, which successfully conveys a clear description of the life in england in the 16th century. he writes in second person, which makes it comfortable to reader and easy to understand, he captures the readers attention with views of the landscape, the streets, the people including rich and poor. he also depicts some cultural traits from how people behave, eat or what they wear. his descriptions range from the social, economical, the political power to the examples of the life of common people. it could be tell that this book is about social history rather than a   novel.