Scaife could pick up very little information about him, except that he was a decent old fellow, who paid his bills regularly, and was always good for a fiver for a local charity.
Scaife ne put recueillir beaucoup de détails à son sujet, sinon que ce vieillard était fort comme il faut, payait régulièrement ses factures, et tenait toujours un billet de cinq livres à la disposition des bonnes œuvres de l'endroit.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Thereupon Madame Deberle, irritated by Lucien's continued wailing, requested her sister to pick him up and coax him into silence.
Alors, madame Deberle, que les cris de Lucien impatientaient, pria sa sœur de le ramasser et de le faire taire.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeZola, Emile / Une page d'amour
"From Sir Edgar, colonel?" asked Mrs. Jarvis, as he stooped to pick it up.
– Est-ce de sir Edgar, colonel ? demanda Mrs Jarvis, comme il se baissait pour la ramasser.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
Her fortune would have easily obtained her husband here, but she was determined to pick amongst the lower supporters of the aristocracy of the nation.
Sa fortune lui aurait fait aisément trouver un mari de ce côté, mais elle voulait encore choisir ; elle se montrait difficile. Encore quelques années, et ceux qu’elle rebutait alors la dédaigneront à leur tour.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
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pick up
décrocher
pick up the phone
décrocher
Word forms
pick
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
pick
picks
Possessive case
pick's
picks'
pick
verb
Basic forms
Past
picked
Imperative
pick
Present Participle (Participle I)
picking
Past Participle (Participle II)
picked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pick
we pick
you pick
you pick
he/she/it picks
they pick
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am picking
we are picking
you are picking
you are picking
he/she/it is picking
they are picking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have picked
we have picked
you have picked
you have picked
he/she/it has picked
they have picked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been picking
we have been picking
you have been picking
you have been picking
he/she/it has been picking
they have been picking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I picked
we picked
you picked
you picked
he/she/it picked
they picked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was picking
we were picking
you were picking
you were picking
he/she/it was picking
they were picking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had picked
we had picked
you had picked
you had picked
he/she/it had picked
they had picked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been picking
we had been picking
you had been picking
you had been picking
he/she/it had been picking
they had been picking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pick
we shall/will pick
you will pick
you will pick
he/she/it will pick
they will pick
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be picking
we shall/will be picking
you will be picking
you will be picking
he/she/it will be picking
they will be picking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have picked
we shall/will have picked
you will have picked
you will have picked
he/she/it will have picked
they will have picked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been picking
we shall/will have been picking
you will have been picking
you will have been picking
he/she/it will have been picking
they will have been picking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pick
we should/would pick
you would pick
you would pick
he/she/it would pick
they would pick
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be picking
we should/would be picking
you would be picking
you would be picking
he/she/it would be picking
they would be picking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have picked
we should/would have picked
you would have picked
you would have picked
he/she/it would have picked
they would have picked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice