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■ pick out
v. t. + avv.
1 togliere; cavare; levare; scucire: Don't forget to pick out the stone!, non dimenticarti di levare il nòcciolo!
2 scegliere; trascegliere; selezionare: He picked out the best pieces, scelse i pezzi migliori
3 scorgere, distinguere, individuare, riconoscere, identificare (q. o qc., in un gruppo o un mucchio); pescare (fam.): to pick out a face in the crowd, scorgere un viso tra la folla; to pick out the wrong man, identificare l'uomo sbagliato
4 cogliere, intendere, capire (il senso di un brano, una poesia, ecc.)
5 far risaltare; evidenziare, dipingere (con un colore diverso): The hills were picked out in brown, le colline erano dipinte in marrone
6 (mus.) suonare (un motivo, ecc.) a orecchio.

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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