[Vocabulary] pick up

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Will17

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Hello!

If there are some little cards in an envelope and I want my friend to take one out, can I say "Pick one up?"

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bhaisahab

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Hello!

If there are some little cards in an envelope and I want my friend to take one out, can I say "Pick one up?"

Thanks
W
Take one (out) or choose one.
 

Vidor

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If you wanted your friend to go to the office supply store and buy you a packet of little cards, you might say "Pick one up". Or "pick some up", if you were thinking of cards as plural.
 
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