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Meanings:
1.
US
UK
General
neutral
To notice, perceive, or become aware of a cue, hint, or subtle signal.
2.
US
UK
General
neutral
To detect or receive a signal or transmission (for example, on radio, radar, or other equipment).
3.
US
UK
General
neutral
To acquire, gather, or accumulate something while moving or as part of a process (people, information, items).
4.
US
UK
General
neutral
informal
To respond to or take up a topic, theme, or action; to continue or resume something that has been initiated.
5.
US
UK
General
informal
To initiate romantic or sexual interest in someone; to attempt to attract or pick up a potential partner.
Examples:
EN:
- Risky, storms pick up on this little old lake.
ES:
Es arriesgado, las tormentas aumentan en este lago.
EN:
A phony, you see, giving all the details, which you will pick up on the shortwave set.
ES:
Un seguimiento, ¿entiendes? Para dar todos los detalles.
EN:
I'm anxious to get. I'm most frightfully bored with the usual conglomeration of pieces that we can pick up on the other side.
ES:
Lo cierto es que estoy aburrido de las piezas vulgares que se encuentran por todas partes.
EN:
What a thing to pick up on the street...
ES:
Vaya cosa para recoger en la calle.
EN:
- Hey Joe, pick up on that slack a little.
ES:
- Eh, Joe, tensa un poco esa cuerda.
EN:
By the time we get to Sacramento counting rebel sympathizers we'll pick up on the way, we'll be close to a thousand.
ES:
En Sacramento, simpatizantes rebeldes se unirán y seremos una centena.
EN:
Whatever you pick up on the open range is yours.
ES:
Lo que sea que capturen en territorio libre, será suyo.
EN:
- Pops, do you pick up on this jive?
ES:
- Pops, ¿ llevas el ritmo dentro?
EN:
Like a dog you pick up on the street, like a criminal.
ES:
Como a un perro que atraparais en la calle, como un criminal.
EN:
- Hey, hey, hey, pick up on this.
ES:
- Oigan, oigan, miren esto.
EN:
- Let's pick up on the cues faster.
ES:
- Hagamos la entrada más rápido.
EN:
Later on, you know, I'm going to pick up on some chick.
ES:
Más tarde, si tal, voy a buscar una chica.
EN:
Oh, the nuts you pick up on the road.
ES:
- Oh! , los locos que se encuentra en las rutas
EN:
Wind noise. What did we ever pick up on radar?
ES:
Partículas de polvo.
EN:
- I'll put a pick up on him--
ES:
- Iré a por una orden de detención.
EN:
- Risky, storms pick up on this little old lake.
ES:
Es arriesgado, las tormentas aumentan en este lago.
EN:
A phony, you see, giving all the details, which you will pick up on the shortwave set.
ES:
Un seguimiento, ¿entiendes? Para dar todos los detalles.
EN:
I'm anxious to get. I'm most frightfully bored with the usual conglomeration of pieces that we can pick up on the other side.
ES:
Lo cierto es que estoy aburrido de las piezas vulgares que se encuentran por todas partes.
EN:
What a thing to pick up on the street...
ES:
Vaya cosa para recoger en la calle.
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