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71pick up — 1) business has really picked up Syn: improve, recover, be on the road to recovery, rally, make a comeback, bounce back, perk up, look up, take a turn for the better, turn the/a corner, be on the mend, make headway, make progress 2) they teach… …
72pick something up — 1 we picked it up at a flea market: FIND, discover, come across, stumble across, happen on, chance on; acquire, obtain, come by, get, procure; …
73obtain — verb 1) the newspaper obtained a copy of the letter Syn: get, acquire, come by, secure, procure, come into the possession of, pick up, be given; gain, earn, achieve, attain; informal get hold of, get/lay one s hands on, get one s mitts on, land,… …
74arrest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. seize, apprehend, capture, nab (inf.), pinch, bust (both sl.); stop, halt; retard, suspend. See end, restraint. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Legal restraint] Syn. apprehension, taking into custody,… …
75locate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To determine a location] Syn. discover, search out, find, come on, come across, meet with, position, ferret out, stumble on, discover the location of, get at, hit upon, light upon, come upon, happen upon, fix upon, lay one s …
76obtain — verb Syn: get, acquire, come by, secure, procure, pick up, be given, gain, earn, achieve, attain; informal get hold of, lay one s hands on, land Ant: lose …
77locate — [v1] find come across, come upon, detect, determine, discover, establish, ferret out*, get at, happen upon, hit upon, hook*, lay one’s hands on*, light upon*, meet with, pick up on, pin down, pinpoint, place, position, read, search out, smell out …
78trace — n 1. mark, sign, token, indication, remains, vestige; evidence, clue, intimation, key, Inf. lead. 2. touch, hint, suggestion, suspicion, soupcon, inkling; streak, shade, tinge, taint, tincture; dash, trifle, bit, jot, iota. 3. traces footprints,… …
79china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
80China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
