Pick up Phrasal verb

Question 1

1. to take hold of something and lift it up from a surface [pegar alguma coisa de uma superfície]

Answer 1

• As Jeff was early for his dental appointment, he picked up a magazine that was lying on the reception desk and started browsing through it. (Como Jeff estava adiantado para a consulta com o dentista, ele **pegou **uma revista que estava sobre a mesa da recepção e começou a folheá-la.)

Question 2

2. to collect someone or something, esp. by car [pegar alguém ou algo, esp. de carro]

Answer 2

• “Can you pick me up at the airport when I come back from my business trip to Chicago?”, Roger asked Bob. (“Você pode me pegar no aeroporto quando eu voltar da minha viagem de negócios a Chigago?”, Roger pediu a Bob.
• “I can’t believe I’ve been so absent-minded lately! I’ve left my wallet at home again. I have to go back to pick it up!”, said Louis. (“Eu não acredito que ando tão distraído ultimamente! Deixei minha carteira em casa de novo. Tenho que voltar para pegá-la!”, disse Louis.)

Question 3

3. to improve; to get better, esp. business, the economy, etc. [melhorar, esp. negócios, a economia etc.]

Answer 3

• “Our boss told us that if business doesn’t pick up this quarter, he will have to start letting people go”, Stanley told Will. (“Nosso chefe nos disse que, se os negócios não **melhorarem **neste trimestre, ele vai ter de começar a demitir pessoas”, Stanley contou a Will.)

Question 4

4. to learn through observation and practice [aprender informalmente]

Answer 4

• Even though Paul never really took French classes, he picked up the language quickly while he was living in Paris some years ago. (Embora Paul nunca tenha tido aulas de francês para valer, ele **aprendeu **o idioma rapidamente quando estava morando em Paris, alguns anos atrás.)

Question 5

5. to receive radio signals, TV channels, etc. [captar sinais de rádio, canais de televisão, etc.; “pegar”]

Answer 5

• “With the new antenna, our TV can pick up channels from TV stations over five hundred
• miles away”, Burt told his friend James. (“Com a antena nova, nossa TV consegue **pegar **canais de estações de TV há 500 milhas de distância”, Burt disse a seu amigo James.)

Question 6

6. to buy or get something [“pegar”; comprar alguma coisa]

Answer 6

• “I haven’t had time to fix dinner. Can you pick up some pizza on your way back from work?”, Cathy asked her husband over the phone. (“Não tive tempo de preparar a janta. Você pode **comprar **uma pizza no caminho de volta do trabalho?”, Cathy pediu ao marido pelo telefone.)

Question 7

7. to catch a disease [pegar doença]

Answer 7

• “Unfortunately Rick picked up some unusual kind of infection that kept him in bed for a few days”, Rick’s brother told us. (“Infelizmente, Rick **pegou **um tipo de infecção incomum que o fez ficar de molho por al- guns dias”, o irmão de Rick nos contou.)

Question 8

8. to resume [retomar, recomeçar]

Answer 8

“That’s it for today, folks. We’ll pick up with chapter five tomorrow”, said the professor.* (“Por hoje é só, pessoal. Amanhã vamos retomar a partir do capítulo cinco”, disse o professor.)

Question 9

9. to try to get to know someone hoping to have a sexual relationship [tentar conhecer alguém na esperança de ter relacionamento sexual; “pegar alguém”)

Answer 9

• Dominic was always hanging out at the same bar trying to pick up women. (Dominic estava sempre no mesmo bar tentando **pegar **mulher.)