i will take the risk vs i will take a risk

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'I will take the risk' implies a specific risk that is known or understood. 'I will take a risk' is more general and can refer to any risk in a broader sense.

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i will take the risk

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to a specific, known risk that is being accepted or embraced.

Examples:

I know it's dangerous, but I will take the risk and go anyway.
She decided to take the risk and invest in the new business venture.

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I will not let you take the risk of going into the streets.
If Europe fails to do enough towards easing the problems in Asia and Africa, an increasing number of people will take the risk of entering Europe using dilapidated dinghies and neglected ships.
Mr President, who will take the risk of defying, let alone attempting to dismantle, the Palestinian terrorist organisations Hamas and Islamic Jihad?
Not I will take a risk my career.
We also heard Emma Bonino say that politicians must take risks, but we in the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance believe that it is our absolute duty as elected representatives to identify the risks and to be careful.
These things are of paramount importance and, if you go too far and take the risk of killing off the nations, you will also, and perhaps you will pay more attention to this, be taking the risk of killing off Europe.
In other words, that risk on the quarter acre needed to be repaid in a single harvest, or else they wouldn't take the risk.
I am therefore of the opinion that we should try to ensure that what we call risk capital is also made available to enterprises which are prepared to take the risk, and we should not impede this by erecting administrative barriers.
In any event, Madam Commissioner, I believe that all our fellow-Members here have expressed a reasonable concern on the part of the people of the European Union, who do not want to take the risk of consuming products which are a health risk.
There are numerous specific requests and demands to take the risks seriously: the drifting apart of the national economies, which is associated with considerable risks in connection with the growth of wages and with budget deficits, should not be concealed on this anniversary.
It is surely better to take the risk of a political crisis now, rather than pursue negotiations which would risk leading us, on the eve of enlargement, to woolly and inadequate compromises which would jeopardize for ever the future of our Union.
Most people wouldn't take the risk.
I was willing to take the risk that an innocent man wouldn't hang.
And we can not take the risk.
Cleo: You need to take the risk, Charlie.
It's not worth to take the risk.
I am willing to take the risk.
I'm willing to take the risk.
Still, we can't take the risk they know about the experiments.
And I'm the one willing to take the risk.

Alternatives:

I will take a chance
I will take a gamble
I will take a leap of faith
I will take a calculated risk
I will take my chances

i will take a risk

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is more general and can refer to any risk without specifying a particular risk.