bring / take

Motion toward the speaker versus motion away.

Bring moves something toward the place you treat as here: Bring the file to my desk. Take moves it away from here: Take the file to her office. The standpoint can shift. What matters is the destination you are treating as the base. Do not use bring for every carrying.

Examples

UseBring those chairs in here.

UseTake those chairs to the hall.

AvoidBring those chairs to the hall. (If you are not in the hall.)