pick up

1. (transitive)To lift; to grasp and raise.

   When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.

   aufheben, aufnehmen, hochheben

   подбира́тьpodbirátʹ, подобра́тьpodobrátʹ, поднима́тьpodnimátʹ

   підбира́тиpidbyráty, підніма́тиpidnimáty

   take and lift upward

2. (transitive)To collect or purchase an object, especially in passing.

   Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?

   mitnehmen, aufnehmen, auflesen

   подбира́тьpodbirátʹ, подобра́тьpodobrátʹ

   gather or collect

3. (transitive)To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).

   I picked up a cold on my trip last week.

4. To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).

   (transitive)To be caught or accused of wrongdoing, usually criminal charges.

   He picked up a parole violation last month.

5. (intransitive, transitive)To clean up; to return to an organized state.

   You made a mess, aren't you going to pick up after yourself?

   aufräumen

   прибиратисяprybyratysja, прибратисяprybratysja

6. (transitive)To collect a passenger.

   I'll pick you up outside the library.

   abholen, auflesen, aufnehmen

   забира́тьzabirátʹ, забра́тьzabrátʹ, подбира́тьpodbirátʹ

   забира́тиzabyráty, підбира́тиpidbyráty

   give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift

7. (transitive)To collect and detain (a suspect).

   The cops have picked up the man they were looking for.

8. (transitive)To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.

   The story does not seem to have been widely picked up.

9. (intransitive)To improve, increase, or speed up.

   Prices seem to be picking up again.

   I was in bed sick this morning, but I'm picking up now.

   sich erholen, sich berappeln, sich fangen

   улучша́тьсяulučšátʹsja, улу́чшитьсяulúčšitʹsja

   покращуватисяpokraščuvatysja, покращитисяpokraščytysja

   get in addition, as an increase

10. (intransitive)To restart or resume.

    Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.

    wieder aufnehmen, weitermachen, fortfahren

    возобновля́тьvozobnovljátʹ, возобнови́тьvozobnovítʹ

11. To reach and continue along (a road).

    Walter decided the best route home was to pick up the A5.

12. (transitive)To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.

    It looks complicated, but you'll soon pick it up.

    kapieren, verstehen, begreifen

    ула́вливатьulávlivatʹ, улови́тьulovítʹ

1. Tom came to pick Mary up.

   Том прийшов, щоб забрати Мері.

   ruТом приехал забрать Мэри.

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2. I've come to pick Tom up.

   Я прийшов забрати Тома.

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3. I'll come and pick you up.

   Я прийду тебе забрати.

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4. What time shall I pick you up?

   О котрій годині тебе забрати?

   ruВо сколько мне за тобой заехать?

   deWann soll ich dich abholen?

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5. She picked him up at the station.

   Вона забрала його зі станції.

   ruОна подобрала его на станции.

   deSie holte ihn am Bahnhof ab.

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irregular

• pick upпідбирати, підніматиTo lift; to grasp and raise.
• pick outвзяти, братиTo remove by picking.
• pick apartстукати, стукнутиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick, apart.
• pick offTo remove by picking.
• pick onTo bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass.
• pick overTo choose all of the desirable items from (an array of options); to look for the most desirable items among.
• pick throughTo look through a group or list in order to select what one desires.