take up quarters

A youth who can't hit a cathedral at thirty yards with a Gatling gun in three quarters of an hour, can take up an old empty musket and bag his grandmother every time, at a hundred.

r？个在45分钟之内无法用加特林击中30码远的教堂的年轻人，可能会用一支破旧的没装子弹的枪在一百码处次次击中他的奶奶。

At the University of Iowa, a student was reported to have the habit of getting up in the middle of the night and walking three-quarters of a mile to the Iowa River. He would take a swim and then go back to his room to bed.

在美国艾奥瓦州立大学，据报导说，有个学生有个习惯，老是在半夜里起床然后步行3/4英里路走到艾奥瓦河，他习惯于游一会泳，然后才回到他的房间上床就寝。