I.
noun
VERB + PICK
▪ have
▪
She had her ~ of the single men.
▪ take
▪
Which do you want? Take your ~.
PHRASES
▪ get first ~ , take first ~
▪
I got the first ~ of the prizes because I was the oldest.
II.
verb
1 choose sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ at random , randomly
▪
Names were ~ed at random out of a hat.
▪ out
▪
He was ~ed out as the best player.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
They ~ed Jane as the captain.
▪ for
▪
Have you been ~ed for the team?
2 take sth from the place where it is growing
PHRASES
▪ freshly ~ed
▪
freshly ~ed strawberries
PHRASAL VERB
pick sth up
ADVERB
▪ carefully , gingerly
▪
Rather gingerly, George ~ed up the tiny bundle.
▪ absently , idly
▪
I idly ~ed up a magazine and leafed through it.
▪ gently , slowly
▪
She gently ~ed up a plate and examined it.
▪ hurriedly
▪
I hurriedly ~ed up the receiver.
VERB + PICK UP
▪ try to
▪ bend to , bend down to , stoop to , stoop down to
▪
She stooped down to ~ up a stone.
PREPOSITION
▪ by
▪
He ~ed the pan up carefully by the handle.
▪ from , off
▪
She stooped to ~ the book up off the floor.
Pick is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ judge , ↑ voter
Pick is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ banana , ↑ berry , ↑ brain , ↑ card , ↑ coconut , ↑ cotton , ↑ fault , ↑ favourite , ↑ fight , ↑ fruit , ↑ grape , ↑ herb , ↑ jury , ↑ leaf , ↑ lettuce , ↑ lock , ↑ moment , ↑ mushroom , ↑ name , ↑ nose , ↑ number , ↑ outfit , ↑ pocket , ↑ quarrel , ↑ spot , ↑ successor , ↑ target , ↑ team , ↑ tomato , ↑ topic , ↑ vegetables , ↑ way , ↑ winner , ↑ word