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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
Autor: | Dale-USA |
E-mail: | dale_thomas2004@yahoo.com.br |
Data: | 23/OUT/2011 3:41 AM |
Assunto: | PPaulo |
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The Free Dictionary pick up on Informal 1. To take into the mind and understand, typically with speed: is quick to pick up on new computer skills. 2. To notice: picked up on my roommate's bad mood and left him alone.PPaulo, is it possible you misread the phrase? To pick up = to learn without formal study, to understand something without asking direct questions about it, to lift, to make a date with someone you meet for the first time, etc. To pick on = to bully, to intimidate, to humiliate, etc. |