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  • 21pick — I [[t]pɪk[/t]] v. t. 1) to choose or select, esp. with care 2) to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight[/ex] 3) to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument[/ex] 4) to steal the contents of: to pick a pocket[/ex] 5)… …

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  • 22pick — I. /pɪk / (say pik) verb (t) 1. to choose or select carefully. 2. to choose (one s way or steps), as over rough ground or through a crowd. 3. to seek and find occasion for: to pick a quarrel. 4. to seek or find (flaws) in a spirit of fault… …

  • 23pick up — verb 1. take and lift upward (Freq. 22) • Syn: ↑lift up, ↑gather up • Hypernyms: ↑raise, ↑lift, ↑elevate, ↑get up, ↑bring up …

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  • 24pick*/*/*/ — [pɪk] verb [T] I 1) to choose someone or something from a group Each month we pick a novel, and we all read it and discuss it.[/ex] The following season he was picked for the national team.[/ex] 2) to get flowers or fruit by breaking them off… …

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  • 25pick — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked a team; picked the right moment to intervene). 2 detach or pluck (a flower, fruit, etc.) from a stem, tree, etc. 3 a probe (the teeth,… …

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  • 26Off-roading — A Land Rover Defender 90 off roading Off roading is a term for driving a vehicle on unsurfaced roads or tracks, made of materials such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and other natural terrain. Contents 1 …

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  • 27pick up — 1) get, receive I picked up my dry cleaning after I finished work yesterday. 2) take on passengers, receive The bus picked us up at about six o clock in the morning. 3) make neat and tidy He decided to pick up his room before his friend came to… …

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  • 28Something Nasty in the Vault — TV episode= Infobox Dad s Army episode number episode name=017 Something Nasty in the Vault script=Jimmy Perry and David Croft director=David Croft producer=David Croft recorded=Sunday 15/6/69 original transmission=Thursday 9/10/69 7.30pm… …

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  • 29Something Outa Nothing — Infobox Single Name = Something Outa Nothing Caption = Artist = Letitia Dean and Paul Medford from Album = A side = Something Outa Nothing B side = Time Square (instrumental) Released = October 1986 Format = 7 vinyl, 12 vinyl Recorded = 1986… …

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  • 30pick-me-up — n Informal. 1. pick up, refreshment, stimulation, enlivenment, invigoration, vivification, revival, Inf. shot in the arm, Inf. boost, Inf. lifesaver; stimulant, stimulus, stimulator, energizer, restorative, restorer, bracer, tonic, roborant,… …

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