pick

pick
pick
A n
1 (tool) gen pioche f, pic m ; (of miner, geologist) pic m ; (of climber) piolet m ; (of mason) smille f ; to dig with a pick creuser à la pioche ;
2 (choice) choix m ; to have one's pick of avoir le choix parmi ; to take one's pick faire son choix (of parmi) ; take your pick choisis ; to get first pick choisir le/la premier/-ière, être le/la premier/-ière à choisir ;
3 (best) meilleur/-e m/f ; the pick of the crop (fruit) les meilleurs fruits ; the pick of this month's new films les meilleurs films sortis ce mois-ci ; the pick of the bunch le/la etc meilleur/-e etc du lot.
B vtr
1 (choose, select) gen choisir (from parmi) ; Sport sélectionner [player] (from parmi) ; former [team] ; ‘pick a card, any card’ ‘choisis une carte, n'importe laquelle’ ; to be picked for England/for the team être sélectionné pour représenter l'Angleterre/pour faire partie de l'équipe ; you picked the right person/a good time to do it tu as choisi la personne qu'il fallait/le bon moment pour faire cela ; you picked the wrong man ou person tu as choisi la mauvaise personne ; he certainly knows how to pick them! il sait les choisir! also iron ; to pick a fight (physically) chercher à se bagarrer ○ (with avec) ; to pick a fight ou a quarrel chercher querelle (with à) ;
2 to pick one's way through avancer avec précaution parmi [rubble, litter] ; to pick one's way down prendre des précautions pour descendre [mountain, slope] ;
3 (pluck, gather) cueillir [fruit, flowers] ;
4 (poke at) gratter [spot, scab, skin] ; to pick sth from ou off sth enlever qch de qch ; to pick one's nose mettre les doigts dans son nez ; to pick one's teeth se curer or se nettoyer les dents ; to pick a hole in one's sweater faire un trou dans son pull-over à force de tirer les mailles ; to pick a lock crocheter une serrure ; to pick sb's pocket faire les poches de qn.
C vi
1 (choose) choisir ; you can afford to pick and choose tu peux te permettre de faire les difficiles or de faire la fine bouche (among, between pour choisir parmi) ;
2 (poke) ⇒ pick at, pick over etc.
Phrasal verbs
■ pick at :
▶ pick at [sth]
1 [person] manger [qch] du bout des dents [food] ; gratter, tripoter ○ [spot, scab] ; tripoter ○ [fabric, knot] ;
2 [bird] picorer [crumbs] ;
▶ pick at [sb] US ⇒ pick on.
■ pick off :
▶ pick [sb] off, pick off [sb] (kill) abattre ; he picked them off one by one il les visait soigneusement et les abattait un à un ; lions pick off any stragglers les lions se jettent sur les traînards ;
▶ pick [sth] off, pick off [sth] enlever [qch] ;
▶ pick [sth] off sth cueillir [qch] sur qch [apple, cherry] ; to pick sth off the floor prendre qch qui était par terre ; to pick sth off the top of a cake retirer qch qui était sur un gâteau.
■ pick on :
▶ pick on [sb] (harass, single out) harceler ; stop picking on me! arrête de me harceler comme ça, fiche-moi la paix! ○ ; pick on someone your own size! ne t'attaque pas à quelqu'un de plus faible que toi.
■ pick out :
▶ pick [sb/sth] out, pick out [sb/sth]
1 (select) gen choisir ; (single out) repérer ; to be picked out from the group être remarqué dans le groupe ; to pick out three winners sélectionner trois gagnants (from parmi) ;
2 (make out, distinguish) distinguer [object, landmark] ; saisir, comprendre [words] ; reconnaître [person in photo, suspect] ; repérer [person in crowd] ; to pick out the theme in a variation reconnaître le thème dans une variation ;
3 (highlight) [person, artist] mettre en valeur [title, letter] ; [torch, beam] révéler [form, object] ; to be picked out in red être mis en valeur en rouge ;
4 to pick out a tune (on the piano) retrouver un air (au piano).
■ pick over :
▶ pick [sth] over, pick over [sth]
1 lit trier [articles, lentils, raisins] ;
2 fig analyser [film, book].
■ pick up :
▶ pick up
1 (improve) [trade, market, business] reprendre ; [weather, performance, health] s'améliorer ; [ill person] se rétablir ; things have picked up slightly ça commence à aller mieux ;
2 (resume) reprendre ; to pick up (from) where one left off reprendre là où on s'est arrêté ;
▶ pick [sb/sth] up, pick up [sb/sth]
1 (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) ramasser [object, litter, toys, clothes] ; (to examine) prendre ; (after fall) relever [person, child] ; (for cuddle) prendre [qn] dans ses bras [person, child] ; to pick sth up in ou with one's left hand prendre qch de sa main gauche ; to pick up the telephone décrocher le téléphone ; the wave picked up the boat la vague a soulevé le bateau ; to pick up the bill ou tab ○ régler l'addition, casquer ○ ;
2 (collect) prendre [passenger, cargo, hitcher] ; (passer) prendre [dry-cleaning, ticket, keys] ; aller chercher [person from airport, station] ; could you pick me up? est-ce que tu peux venir me chercher? ;
▶ pick [sth] up, pick up [sth]
1 (buy) prendre, acheter [milk, bread, newspaper] ; dénicher [bargain, find] ; could you pick up some milk on the way home? peux-tu prendre du lait en rentrant à la maison? ;
2 (learn, acquire) apprendre [language] ; prendre [habit, accent] ; développer [skill] ; where did he pick up those manners? où a-t-il pris or attrapé ces manières? ; I'm hoping to pick up some tips j'espère obtenir quelques tuyaux ; it's not difficult, you'll soon pick it up ce n'est pas difficile, tu t'y mettras vite ;
3 (catch) attraper [illness, cold, infection] ;
4 (notice, register) [person] repérer [mistake, error] ; [person, machine] détecter [defect] ;
5 (detect) [person, animal] trouver [trail, scent] ; [searchlight, radar] détecter la présence de [aircraft, person, object] ; Radio, Telecom capter [signal, broadcast] ;
6 (gain, earn) gagner [point, size] ; acquérir [reputation] ; to pick up speed prendre de la vitesse ;
7 (resume) reprendre [conversation, career] ; you'll soon pick up your French again ton français te reviendra vite ; to pick up the pieces (of one's life) recoller les morceaux ;
▶ pick [sb] up, pick up [sb]
1 (rescue) [helicopter, ship] recueillir [person] ;
2 (arrest) [police] arrêter [suspect] ;
3 (meet) péj ramasser [person, partner, prostitute] ;
4 (find fault with) faire des remarques à [person] (on sur) ; they'll pick you up for being improperly dressed ils vont te faire remarquer que tu n'es pas vêtu correctement ;
▶ pick oneself up
1 lit (get up) se relever ;
2 fig (recover) se reprendre.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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