1 (choose) elegir; escoger pick out two or three you would like to keep elige escoge dos o tres con los que te gustaría quedarte;or
he had already picked out his successor I'm trying to pick out a dress for Jane's party wash and separate the lettuce heads, picking out the best leaves
2 (single out) escoger there are so many great pianists it's difficult to pick one out hay tantos grandes pianistas que es difícil escoger a uno
I would pick out three new plays particularly
3 (draw out) sacar I took the hat and picked out a raffle ticket cogí el sombrero y saqué uno de los boletos de la rifa
he took the stack of paper and picked out two sheets the coin went too far into the slot for me to pick it out with my fingers he rolled the seeds around in his mouth, surreptitiously picking them out she and her helpers sifted through the rubble picking out shards of broken glass
4 (discern) distinguir I could just pick out the letters ALG solo podía distinguir y con dificultad, las letras ALG
the boat was hard to pick out in the fog
5 (identify) reconocer can you pick me out in this photo? ¿eres capaz de reconocerme en esta foto?
she soon picked out the flaws in his reasoning she picked out Meehan as one of the two men who gave her a lift can you pick out the melody in this passage? I picked him out by his red scarf searching among the new arrivals, trying to pick her out he wasn't difficult to pick out when the bus drew in I couldn't pick out anyone I knew in the crowd I tried to pick out a friendly face in the crowd I couldn't see far enough to pick out a landmark we could make for you could often pick out the children of war widows from the rest
6 (highlight) resaltar the name is picked out in gold letters el nombre está resaltado en letras doradas; his headlights picked out the cyclist in front los faros de su coche iluminaron al ciclista que tenía delante
the sunlight picked out every hair on her head the walls are grey while the woodwork is picked out in white helicopters used searchlights to pick out people in the shark-infested water the beam of the flashlight picked out the cat on the roof sunlight picked out the colors of the trees on the opposite bank tightrope walkers picked out in silhouette against the big-top's canvas
7 (play) [+tune] tocar de oído to pick out a [tune] on the piano she went home and picked out the melody on the piano he began his career picking out tunes on a battered acoustic guitar I can just about pick out "Greensleeves" with one finger
