collect Englisch:

It's easier to pick up English when among Englishmen.

pick up mushrooms

She had a brain tumor, unfortunately we didn't pick up.

I find it very difficult to pick up languages, it takes me lots of practice.

As I was staying at my friends' in London, I tried to pick up some English slang.

I have to pick up Brad at Jeff's after dinner. / 2. If you're in, pick up.

Don’t forget to stop by EnglishClass101.com and pick up the lesson notes.

i spent a month in Florence and was able to pick up quite a bit of italian

The number of applicants will pick up during the autumn.

I dropped Sara off at school. - I picked Sara up from school. / Can you please pick up my dress from the cleaners on your way home? / If you're in, pick up. / Please come back here and pick up your jacket.

You will probably pick up more of the meaning with each listen.

How long should it take to learn English? The answer depends on many things, such as your motivation and your age. But you’re never too old to pick up some tips to speed up your learning.

Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.

We’re hoping that things will pick up in the next quarter. This quarter has been terrible.

if a business or social situation picks up. If the wind pick up it becomes stronger

I'd like you to help me gather some firewood.

The berries were ripening almost as fast as we could gather them.

gather materials

Institutional and assembly: Serving a place where many people gather.

The neighborhood has been gentrified. Now it's teeming with pretend hipsters slurping skinny lattes at Starbucks. They gather round coffee and free Wi-Fi like bees round a honeypot.

if people gather, or if someone gathers them, they come together in one place to see or do something

The children from the village would often gather up on top of the hill and from there watched the trucks and automobiles going back and forth to the city.

Spirits are to be found all over the world. This school was built upon the site of a shrine and thus there is a particular tendency for them to gather.

And every day the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest.

Ladies and gentlemen, gather around. All our friends gathered close around us

Hoarders continually gather objects

Can you all gather round? I've got something to tell you. The kids were gathered together in one room.

when market reasoning and market thinking have gathered force and gained prestige

and from what I can gather, it was rather a raucous affair.

Giving and receiving advice is a way to gather knowledge