do+as+one+chooses

1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) escolher

2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) apanhar

3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) levantar

4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) forçar

1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) escolha

2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) nata

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- pickpocket

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[pik] n 1 picareta, picão, alvião. 2 coll palito. 3 palheta para instrumentos de corda.

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[pik] n 1 picada: golpe com instrumento contundente. 2 direito de escolha. 3 escolha, seleção. 4 escol, fina flor, nata. 5 lambisco. 6 colheita: parte recolhida em certo tempo. 7 Typogr tipo manchado. • vt+vi 1 picar, esburacar, abrir buracos em. 2 bicar, apanhar com o bico. 3 roubar, furtar. 4 descarnar, roer (ossos). 5 colher, apanhar (frutas, flores). 6 escolher, separar, selecionar. 7 provocar, promover (disputas, brigas). don’t pick a quarrel with me! / não procure encrenca comigo! 8 palitar, esgaravatar. 9 debicar, lambiscar, comer aos pedacinhos. 10 desfiar (lã, etc.). 11 abrir com gazua. 12 Amer dedilhar (instrumento de cordas). 13 arrancar (com os dedos ou um instrumento pontudo). to have a bone to pick with ter contas a ajustar com, ter uma questão a resolver com. to pick a bone with discutir ou disputar com. to pick and choose selecionar cuidadosamente, escolher a dedo. to pick and steal surripiar. to pick at a) comer beliscando, ciscar na comida. b) tratar superficialmente (um asssunto). c) implicar com. to pick holes in achar defeitos em. to pick off a) colher, apanhar. b) matar, abater um por um. to pick on a) escolher. b) escolher como vítima, perseguir, apoquentar, atormentar. to pick one’s way escolher cuidadosamente onde colocar os pés. she picked her way through the puddles / ela escolheu cuidadosamente seu caminho por entre as poças d’água. to pick out a) escolher, selecionar. b) distinguir, apanhar, perceber. c) tocar de ouvido. d) realçar mediante contraste de cores. to pick someone’s brains usar as idéias de alguém para os seus próprios interesses. to pick to pieces a) fazer em pedaços. b) esmiuçar, analisar detalhadamente para achar defeitos. c) criticar, humilhar, reduzir a pó de traque. she picked him to pieces / ela o reduziu a nada (com críticas). to pick up a) abrir ou extrair com picareta. b) apanhar, pegar. c) assimilar, aprender. he picked up the language / ele assimilou o idioma. d) adquirir. I picked up the thing for a song / obtive esta coisa por uma ninharia. e) descobrir, encontrar. f) apanhar, pegar (passageiros). g) Radio, TV captar, sintonizar. h) recuperar, recobrar (saúde, forças). she picked up her strength ou she picked up again / ela recuperou suas forças. i) coll convalescer. j) acumular, ganhar (forças, pressão, etc.). k) arrumar (sala). l) arranjar, conseguir. m) aproximar-se com intenções sexuais.

1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) escolher

2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) catar

3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) pegar

4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) forçar

1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) escolha

2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) nata

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- pickpocket

1) (to take (one thing rather than another from a number of things) according to what one wants: Always choose (a book) carefully.) escolher

2) (to decide (on one course of action rather than another): If he chooses to resign, let him do so.) decidir-se

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- nothing / not much to choose between

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[tʃu:z] vt+vi (ps chose, pp chosen) 1 escolher. I choose him as (or for) my friend / escolho-o como amigo. 2 eleger, preferir, selecionar. he was chosen king / ele foi eleito rei. 3 optar, decidir-se, achar melhor. I shall do as I choose / farei o que me convier. 4 joeirar. I cannot choose but do it não tenho alternativa senão fazê-lo. to choose between escolher entre. to pick and choose escolher cuidadosamente, com calma.

1) (to take (one thing rather than another from a number of things) according to what one wants: Always choose (a book) carefully.) escolher

2) (to decide (on one course of action rather than another): If he chooses to resign, let him do so.) escolher

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- nothing / not much to choose between