For today’s video I want to tell you about some more
expressions and vocabulary related to the past 3 videos of this week.
The verb PICK means different things, it can be the action
of taking something with your hands and put it on a more elevated position
(Pick up your clothes, pick up your shoes, pick up/ answer the phone), and it can also
be when you go get someone or something from a place (normally in your car or
vehicle) “Please pick me up at the airport”, “please pick up the dress at the
dry cleaning”. You can even pick up
speed (accelerate).
NOTE: Picking up
someone also means that someone is flirting with you or someone likes you!
“Last night I PICKED UP
the most beautiful girl at the bar, we danced all night long and she even gave
me her phone number!”
“Will is always PICKING UP
the waitresses from every bar he goes to, he is such a player!”
“Laura always PICKS UP the
smartest guys, they always help her study for exams”
To pick is also
choose or select something from a variety of options “pick an answer”, “pick a
restaurant”, “pick a color”, “pick a size for your pants” etc. Besides that
there are more uses for the word pick:
To pick on someone
-Picking on someone bugging someone, joke around, or make fun of somebody
Scenario 1: Zack’s sister Emily is very ticklish
and Zack loves to PICK ON HER so he tickles her when they are watching tv.
Emily laughing: Zach! Stop it! Why do you have to PICK ON ME when we are watching tv? You
know I am very ticklish and I hate it when you tickle me!
Scenario 2: Adam has a zit on the tip of his
nose, his girlfriend Madie makes fun of him and tells him he has a door
bell on the tip of his nose.
Adam gets annoyed of his girlfriend making fun of him:
Maddie, would you like to be PICKED ON for
having a stupid zit on the tip of your nose? It wouldn’t feel nice, right? Stop
being such a bully!
(Notice how I
used a passive voice TO BE PICKED
ON)
-Being picky when
someone is particular about
something, being demanding, having
very high standards about a particular thing.
Scenario 1: Ben invited Lisa for dinner, but she
didn’t like the Italian restaurant he picked
for their date, Lisa is picky and she wanted to go to a sushi
restaurant that recently opened so she gave
Ben a hard time about the restaurant he picked.
Ben tells his best friend the next day: I took Lisa to
a nice restaurant I picked, and she didn’t like it, it is such a shame I always pick picky girls.
Scenario 2: Christy and Jen are best friends, they like
to go shopping but Jen is very picky about
shoes, she tries on every shoe on the
store to end up buying the first one
she tried on!
Christy: Jen, I love you but you are so picky! It takes forever
to go buy shoes with you, next time you will have to go by yourself!
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