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  • 71pick — I UK [pɪk] / US verb [transitive] Word forms pick : present tense I/you/we/they pick he/she/it picks present participle picking past tense picked past participle picked *** 1) a) to choose someone or something from a group Out of all the girls he …

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  • 72Pick — The word Pick may refer to:Tools and weapons* Pickaxe, a tool used for manual labour * Lock pick, a tool used for lock picking * Lock picking, the art of unlocking a lock without its intended key * Warded pick, a device for opening warded locks * …

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  • 73pick — I [[t]pɪk[/t]] v. t. 1) to choose or select, esp. with care 2) to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight[/ex] 3) to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument[/ex] 4) to steal the contents of: to pick a pocket[/ex] 5)… …

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  • 74Pick-up — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pick up. Un pick up (ou pickup), aussi appelé SUT (Sport Utility Truck), est ce que l on nommait autrefois une camionnette, à savoir un véhicule muni d une benne ou d un espace ouvert à l arrière. Voir les… …

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  • 75pick up — 1) PHRASAL VERB When you pick something up, you lift it up. [V n P] He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head... [V P n (not pron)] Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it. 2) PHRASAL VERB When you pick …

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  • 76pick — I. /pɪk / (say pik) verb (t) 1. to choose or select carefully. 2. to choose (one s way or steps), as over rough ground or through a crowd. 3. to seek and find occasion for: to pick a quarrel. 4. to seek or find (flaws) in a spirit of fault… …

  • 77pick — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked a team; picked the right moment to intervene). 2 detach or pluck (a flower, fruit, etc.) from a stem, tree, etc. 3 a probe (the teeth,… …

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  • 78pick — pick1 verb 1》 take hold of and remove (a flower or fruit) from where it is growing.     ↘(often pick someone/thing up) take hold of and lift or move.     ↘(pick up) Golf take hold of and lift up one s ball, especially when conceding a hole. 2》… …

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  • 79pick up — phrasal verb Word forms pick up : present tense I/you/we/they pick up he/she/it picks up present participle picking up past tense picked up past participle picked up 1) [transitive] to lift someone or something up from a surface He picked the… …

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  • 80pick*/*/*/ — [pɪk] verb [T] I 1) to choose someone or something from a group Each month we pick a novel, and we all read it and discuss it.[/ex] The following season he was picked for the national team.[/ex] 2) to get flowers or fruit by breaking them off… …

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