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PHRASAL VERBS 376

 pay back (tr)

 repay; [ geri ödemek]
I will pay you back next month.

 take revenge; [ öç almak]

He is determined to pay me back for all my insults.

 pay off

 (intr) be successful, bring good results; [ başarılı olmak, karlı olmak]

It was a risk and it paid off.

 (tr) pay all that one owes; [ borcunu temizlemek]

He used his brother’s money to pay off his gambling debts.

 pick out (tr)

 choose, select, distinguish sth from a number of people/things; [ seçmek, ayırt etmek]

He could pick out hardly any job.
I could pick out you, even at that distance.
How could you pick her face out in that crowd?

 pick up

 (tr) raise or lift a person from the ground or from a chair or table; [ kaldırmak, eğilip
yerden kaldırmak]

He picked the scattered papers up.
I picked the baby up and took it to its bed.

 (intr) become better, improve; [ daha iyi olmak, iyileşmek, sağlığına kavuşmak]

The weather seems to be picking up.
Our economy will never pick up.
Don’t worry! -Your health will soon pick up.

 (tr) give sb a lift; [ yolda durup arabasına almak]

I picked up three hitch-hikers this morning.
He picked me up at 8 o’clock.

 (tr) reprimand sb; [ azarlamak ]

Ann picked her husband up for using a bad language.