■ 10 Sentences
1. Most of parents don't like thier children to pick at food.
2. He always picks at his smartphone when he get nervous.
3. It's uncomfortable for her to pick at her skirt.
4. I'll pick off chocolates on the shopping list.
5. Once you pick the label off, refund request will be declined.
6. I think some seniors pick on freshmen
7. She gets picked on by her boss after she submitted a letter of resignation.
8. Hey, that's unfair! Pick on someone your own size!
9. If you keep picking at the wound, it will never be healed.
10. She kept picking off the scabs on his knees-it was making me feel sick!
■ Phrasal Verb - "Pick"
6 Phrasal Verbs with PICK! English Lesson | New Vocabulary
Pick at
- transitive
- inseparable
: (to) eat only small amounts of food because you do not feel hungry or do not like the food
Ex) Children often pick at their food!
: (to) touch something many times in an annoying way (with your fingers, pulling it slightly)
Ex) How was your date? Awful! He hardly make eye-contact and just picked at his dinner all night. I dont' think
I'll see him again.
Pick off
- separable
: (to) remove
Ex) Order whatever pizza you want. I'll pick the mushrooms off!
Ex) I'll just pick off the mushroom.
pick off
to remove by pulling or plucking off:
[~ + off + object]She picked off the feathers from the chicken.
[~ + object + off]She picked the feathers off the chicken.
to single out and shoot:
[~ + off + object]picked off a duck rising from the marsh.
[~ + object + off]With this rifle an assassin could pick you off at a thousand yards.
[Baseball.]to put out (a base runner) in a pick-off play:
[~ + off + object]picked off three players in one game.
[~ + object + off]picked me off twice in one game.
Pick on
- transitive
: (to) bully someone
Ex) Teenagers often pick on the news kid at school.
Ex) If you are bing picked on at school, you should talk to the teacher about it.
*pick on someone your own size 너에게 맞는 상대를 골라라
-> It's used for telling someone to stop criticizing or attacking someone else who is smaller or weaker than them.
Pick out
: choosing or recognizing something from a group
- transitive
Ex) Pick out one of the pastries to buy for your grandma.
Ex) He's really tall, easy to pick out in a crowd!
Pick up
- separable/inseparable
: (to) lift something 들어올리다
Ex) Can you pick up the baby?
Ex) There was rubbish on the ground, so I picked it up.
: (to) GET someone in a car
Ex) I need to pick up Tom at 6 o'clock.
Ex) Hi mom, it's me! It's raining and I forgot an umbrella. Can you come pick me up?
: (to) COLLECT something
Ex) Can you pick up dinner on the way home?
Ex) Your dry cleaning is ready to be picked up.
: (to) improve or increase or get stronger
Ex) It was so nice at the beach this morning, until the wind picked up.
Ex) The train was picking up speed as it left the city.
: (to) obtain or acquire something
Ex) I lived in Ho Chi Minh City for a year, so picked up a bit of Vietnamese.
Ex) I picked up a cold while I was on holidays.
: (informal/colloquial) (to) start talking to someone at a bar
Ex) Johnny only comes out with us to pick up girls!
Ex) Sarah went home last night with a guy she picked up at a bar.
Pick up on
: (to) become aware of something
Ex) You might pick up on the fact that your sister is upset because her boyfriend broke up with her.
Ex) Did you hear that Steven's been fired? No officially, but I did pick up on it in this morning's meeting.
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