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pick and choose

  • 1 pick and choose

    (to select or choose very carefully: When I'm buying apples, I like to pick and choose (the ones I want).) rūpestingai pasirinkti/atsirinkti

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  • 2 pick

    I 1. [pik] verb
    1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) rinkti(s), pasirinkti
    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.) (nu)skinti
    3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) pakelti
    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.) atrakinti, (at)krapštyti
    2. noun
    1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) pasirinkimas
    2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) kas geriausias, rinktinis
    - pick-up
    - pick and choose
    - pick at
    - pick someone's brains
    - pick holes in
    - pick off
    - pick on
    - pick out
    - pick someone's pocket
    - pick a quarrel/fight with someone
    - pick a quarrel/fight with
    - pick up
    - pick up speed
    - pick one's way
    II [pik] noun
    ((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) kirstuvas

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > pick

  • 3 pick out

    1) (to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.) iš(si)rinkti
    2) (to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.) atpažinti, atskirti
    3) (to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune on one with one finger.) (iš)barbenti, skambinti iš klausos

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  • pick and choose — {v.} To select with much care; choose in a fussy way; take a long time before choosing. * /He was never one to pick and choose./ * /Some people pick and choose to get something perfect, and some just because they can t make up their minds./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pick and choose — {v.} To select with much care; choose in a fussy way; take a long time before choosing. * /He was never one to pick and choose./ * /Some people pick and choose to get something perfect, and some just because they can t make up their minds./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pick and choose — ► pick and choose select only the best from among a number of alternatives. Main Entry: ↑pick …   English terms dictionary

  • pick and choose — phrasal : to select with care and deliberation or with notable fastidiousness picking and choosing, dillying and dallying; not a man to have straightforward love for a woman Virginia Woolf * * * pick and choose To select with care or at leisure • …   Useful english dictionary

  • pick\ and\ choose — v To select with much care; choose in a fussy way; take a long time before choosing. He was never one to pick and choose. Some people pick and choose to get something perfect, and some just because they can t make up their minds …   Словарь американских идиом

  • pick and choose — to take only what you want from a group. You cannot pick and choose which rules to accept and which to ignore …   New idioms dictionary

  • pick and choose (something) — phrase to have the chance to choose the things that you prefer, rather than simply accepting what someone gives you We cannot pick and choose which laws to obey. Thesaurus: to choose someone or somethingsynonym to choose a personhyponym… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pick and choose — select only the best from among a number of alternatives. → pick …   English new terms dictionary

  • pick and choose — phrasal to select with care and deliberation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pick and choose — be selective, be choosy, be finicky …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pick and mix — pick and mix1 adjective consisting of things that you choose from a variety that are available: Education is not a pick n mix concept. pick n mix sweets pick and mix ,pick and mix 2 verb intransitive or transitive to choose the things that you… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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