pick up Signification, définition

Signification de pick up en français

• 0 to use your hands to lift -- ramasser

  • Pick up that trash. Ramasse cette camelote.

  • She picked the baby up. Elle a pris le bébé dans ses bras.

• 1 to go to a place to get -- prendre

  • Can you come pick me up at the bus station? Peux-tu me prendre à la gare routière ?

  • I picked up the car from the garage. J’ai pris la voiture dans le garage.

• 2 to learn -- apprendre

  • I picked up a few phrases when we visited France. J’ai appris quelques expressions quand nous avons visité la France.

  • You’ve picked up some bad habits. Tu as pris quelques mauvaises habitudes.

• 3 to become infected with an illness -- attraper

  • He picked up a cold at school. Il a attrapé un rhume à l’école.

• 4 to buy, get, or obtain easily or cheaply -- dénicher

  • I picked both of these up for $25. J’ai déniché ces deux-là pour 25 $.

• 5 to start again in the place where you stopped -- reprendre

  • We’ll pick up the discussion here next week. Nous reprendrons là la discussion la semaine prochaine.

• 6 to make a place neat by putting things away -- débarrasser

  • Have you picked up your room? As-tu débarrassé ta chambre ?

• 7 to receive a signal being broadcast -- capter

  • The radio couldn’t pick up the signal. La radio ne pouvait pas capter le signal.

• 8 to go faster -- prendre de la vitesse

  • The plane was picking up speed on the runway. L’avion prenait de la vitesse sur la piste.

• 9 to pay for sth -- payer (la note)

  • wealthy parents who pick up the tab for their kids’ education les parents riches qui payent pour l’éducation de leurs enfants

• 10 a type of small lorry or van. -- pick-up

• 11 the part of a record-player that holds the stylus. -- tourne-disque

• 12 to learn gradually, without formal teaching -- apprendre

  • I never studied Italian – I just picked it up when I was in Italy.

• 13 to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere -- prendre

  • I picked him up at the station and drove him home.

• 14 to get (something) by chance -- dénicher

  • I picked up a bargain at the shops today.

• 15 to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up -- se relever

  • He fell over and picked himself up again.

• 16 to collect (something) from somewhere -- (passer) prendre

  • I ordered some meat from the butcher – I’ll pick it up on my way home tonight.

• 17 (of radio, radar etc) to receive signals -- capter

  • We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.

• 18 to find; to catch -- retrouver, arrêter

  • We lost his trail but picked it up again later

  • The police picked up the criminal.