to pick up an accent

to pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]

could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]

you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]

to pick up the bill fig — pagare (il conto)

we'll come to the airport to pick you up — veniamo a prenderti all'aeroporto, (subj : bus etc) far salire, caricare, (rescue) raccogliere, (from sea) ripescare, (arrest) arrestare

the car picked up speed — la macchina ha acquistato velocità or ha accelerato

he picked up a girl at the disco fam — ha rimorchiato una ragazza in discoteca

to pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]

could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]

you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]

pick a child up in one's arms — ein Kind auf den Arm nehmen

pick up the telephone — den [Telefon]hörer abnehmen

pick up the pieces — (lit. or fig.) die Scherben aufsammeln

pick up something on the way home — etwas auf dem Nachhauseweg abholen

pick somebody up at or from the station — jemanden vom Bahnhof abholen

pick up the bill etc. for something — die Kosten od. die Rechnung usw. für etwas übernehmen

it's the sort of book you can pick up when you have a free minute — das ist so ein Buch, das man mal zwischendurch lesen kann

you just have to pick up the phone — du brauchst nur anzurufen

to pick up the pieces (lit, fig) —

the interviewer picked up this reference and... — der Interviewer nahm diese Bemerkung auf or knüpfte an diese Bemerkung an und...

to pick sth up at a sale — etw im Ausverkauf erwischen

you never know what you'll pick up (= what illness etc) — man weiß nie, was man sich (dat) da holen or zuziehen kann

where did you pick up that idea? — wo hast du denn die Idee her?

I'll come and pick you up — ich hole dich ab, ich komme dich abholen

they picked him up for questioning — sie haben ihn geholt, um ihn zu vernehmen

she got picked up at a party — die ist auf einer Party (von einem) abgeschleppt or aufgegabelt worden (inf)

to pick up the trail ( Hunt, fig ) — die Fährte or Spur aufnehmen

we picked up a rabbit in the car headlights — wir sahen ein Kaninchen im Scheinwerferlicht

to pick up with sb (= get to know) he has picked up with a rather strange crowd — jds Bekanntschaft machen er hat mit merkwürdigen Leuten Umgang

pick up the pieces — (lit. or fig.) die Scherben aufsammeln

pick somebody up at or from the station — jemanden vom Bahnhof abholen

pick up the bill etc. for something — die Kosten od. die Rechnung usw. für etwas übernehmen

to pick oneself up — reponerse*; (lit: after falling) levantarse

to pick up the tab o (BrE also) bill — cargar* con la cuenta, cargar* con el muerto (fam)

she picked up the check — (AmE) pagó ella

it's not hard, you'll soon pick it up — no es difícil, ya verás cómo enseguida le agarras la onda or (Esp) le coges el tranquillo (fam)

that child is always wanting to be picked up — ese niño siempre quiere que lo cojan or (LAm) levanten

she bent to pick up her glove — se agachó para recoger or coger su guante

she picked up a pencil and fiddled with it — tomó or cogió or (LAm) agarró un lápiz y se puso a enredar con él

you can't pick up a newspaper these days without reading about her — últimamente no puedes coger or (LAm) agarrar un periódico que no hable de ella

• to pick up the bill or tab (for sth) * — pagar la cuenta (de algo)

• to pick o.s. up — (lit) levantarse, ponerse de pie; (fig) recuperarse, reponerse

she picks up £400 a week — gana or se saca 400 libras a la semana

• it picked up the best musical award — ganó or se llevó el premio al mejor musical

• to pick up speed — acelerar, coger velocidad, tomar velocidad (LAm)

we can pick up Italian television — podemos captar or coger la televisión italiana

• she picked up every mistake — no se le escapó ni un error

• I had no difficulty picking up the signals he was sending me — (fig) no tuve problemas para captar las indirectas que me estaba mandando

she picked him up for using bad language — le riñó or le reprendió por decir palabrotas

• he picked me up on my grammar — me señaló diversas faltas de gramática

to pick up where one left off — [+ activity, conversation, relationship] continuar donde se había dejado

• I was getting nervous and he picked up on that — me estaba poniendo nervioso y él lo captó or se dio cuenta

• to pick up with sb — juntarse con algn

• to pick up after sb — ir recogiendo detrás de algn

to pick oneself up — reponerse*; (lit: after falling) levantarse

to pick up the tab o (BrE also) bill — cargar* con la cuenta, cargar* con el muerto (fam)

she picked up the check — (AmE) pagó ella

it's not hard, you'll soon pick it up — no es difícil, ya verás cómo enseguida le agarras la onda or (Esp) le coges el tranquillo (fam)