What’s the phrasal verb it means you catch a new word from the conversation which is talked by local people when you are in the non-mother tongue country. I think “pick up” could be suitable but is there anything with “take”?

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aurora22

29 nov 2017

Inglês (RU)
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"pick up" sounds correct, it's the phrase I would use:

"I picked up this phrase" = I learnt this phrase by exposure to the language

I don't know if there is a phrase that means exactly the same thing but uses the word "take". Maybe you could say: "I took to using this phrase". To me though, this sounds more like "I heard this phrase and I liked it, so I started using it"

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Igirisujin

29 nov 2017

Inglês (RU)
Inglês (EUA)

@Chieko_Norwich I can't think of a phrase with "take" that means "pick up".

The phrases to do with understanding that have "take" might be:

"if I take your meaning..." if I understand
"the thing I take from what you said..." I will remember
"take a note of..." remember

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Chieko_Norwich

29 nov 2017

Japonês

@aurora22 Thank you for your answer :) “Take to” sounds useful, I’ll take to “take to” haha

Chieko_Norwich

29 nov 2017

Japonês

@Igirisujin Thank you! I thought I’d learned something with “take” as that meaning but maybe I mixed up with other phrasal verbs. These expressions you suggested are interesting :)

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What’s the phrasal verb it means you catch a new word from the conversation which is talked by local people when you are in the non-mother tongue country. I think “pick up” could be suitable but is there anything with “take”?

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@Chieko_Norwich I can't think of a phrase with "take" that means "pick up".The phrases to do with understanding that have "take" might be:"if I take your meaning..." if I understand"the thing I take from what you said..." I will remember"take a note of..." remember

What’s the phrasal verb it means you catch a new word from the conversation which is talked by local people when you are in the non-mother tongue country. I think “pick up” could be suitable but is there anything with “take”?

@Chieko_Norwich I can't think of a phrase with "take" that means "pick up".

The phrases to do with understanding that have "take" might be:

"if I take your meaning..." if I understand
"the thing I take from what you said..." I will remember
"take a note of..." remember