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pile up Where did you pick up yourRussian? • You can always pick up new ideas if you keep your eyes open. • There is no formal training for a job like this. You just pick it up as you go along. 2. идти на лад/на поправку; на¬ ладиться (о здоровье, погоде, бизнесе) • Dad's been quite ill, but he's picking up again now. • Trade has been picking up again since the winter. • When is the weather going to pick up? 3. поймать (радиостанцию) • This powerful radio can pick up sta­ tions from halfway round the world. • It was easier to pick up Radio Luxembourg than Radio One. 4. забрать (зайти, заехать за к-л/ ч-л) • I'll pick you up from the ten¬ nis club at six. • Please, will you pick up my parcels at the post of¬ fice as you pass? 5. подцепить (познакомиться) • That's the girl Sam picked up at the disco. • Some men go to dances just to see if they can pick up a girl for the night. 6. подцепить, подхватить (о бо­ лезни) • Influenza isn't as easy to pick up as most people tend to believe. pile up (inf) 1. врезаться, разбить(ся), столк¬ нуться (о транспорте) • When the police arrived at least four cars had piled up. • A bus and three cars piled up on the main road this morning. 2. накапливать(ся), скопиться • He piled up a huge fortune. • The leaves piled up in the yard. pin down вычислить, выяснить, установить причину • The firefighters finally were able to pin down the source of the odour. • The police tried to pin down the blame for the fire in the school. pin on 1. возлагать (надежды) • I pin my faith on public opinion. 2. катить бочку, шить дело, об¬ винять, свалить вину • It amused Wilf to watch David trying to pin a crime on him he hadn't committed. • They pinned the murder on the wrong man. pin smb down поймать на слове, припереть к стенке, связать обещанием • The reporter pinned down the gov­ ernor on the issue of conservation measures. • I tried to pin Bob down to fix my bicycle tomorrow, but he wouldn't say he could. pine for чахнуть, сохнуть, тосковать по к-л/ч-л • Helen pines for you. • Although the boy had lived in his new country for three years, he was still pining for his homeland. pipe down (inf) угомониться, успокоиться • Please, tell your son to pipe down; I can't hear the film! • Pipe down, you boys at the back there, we can hardly hear ourselves think. pitch in (inf) навалиться, налечь (на еду, работу) • If everybody pitches in, we'll soon have the job finished. • As soon as the food was put on 220