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1 pick up the threads
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3 pick up
v. oprapen; opknappen,verkrijgen; beter worden, verbeteren;, opleven; accelereren; schoonmaken (Spreektaal); vaart krijgen, aanwakkeren; weer beginnen, hervatten; met iemand een roman beginnen (Informeel); vernieuwen na een onderbreking; kopen, meebrengen (bv. "We hebben geen melk meer, op weg naar huis kun je een karton melk meebrengen?")pick up♦voorbeelden:¶ pick up with • aanpappen met, leren kennen1 opruimen♦voorbeelden:2 opdoen ⇒ oplopen, oppikken4 ophalen ⇒ een lift geven, meenemen♦voorbeelden:pick someone up for questioning • iemand oppakken om te verhorenpick oneself up • overeind krabbelenpick up a language • zich een taal eigen makenpick up speed • vaart vermeerderenhe picked her up in a bar • hij heeft haar in een bar opgepiktwhere did you pick that up? • waar heb je dat geleerd? -
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n. draad, lont; (in computers) een serie Internet artikelen die over een bepaald onderwerp gaan; (in computers) het uitvoeren van een bepaalde procedure, onderdeel van een applicatie--------v. de draad steken in; aanrijgen; manoeuvreren doorthread1[ θred] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉2 garen♦voorbeelden:take up/pick up the threads • de draad weer opnemen————————thread2II 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉♦voorbeelden:
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pick up the threads of — (something) to try to start something again, especially after problems prevented you from continuing it. In 97, I came out of prison and tried to pick up the threads of my life … New idioms dictionary
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