Usage examples of "pick and choose" in English with translation to Spanish

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Read each text and choose the best answers for the questions below it. Lea cada texto y eliga las mejores respuestas a las preguntas debajo de estos.

Listen and choose the best answer. Escucha y elige la mejor respuesta.

A magnet can pick up and hold many nails at a time. Un imán puede alcanzar y sostener muchos clavos a la vez.

Pick up your things and go away. Recoge tus cosas y vete.

Tom asked Mary to pick up some toothpaste and some toilet paper at the supermarket. Tom le pidió a Mary que trajese pasta de dientes y papel higiénico del supermercado.

Pick a few random sentences (just 2 or 3), record them, and send us the samples at team@tatoeba.org, with the title "Audio for Tatoeba in <language_name>". Elige frases aleatoriamente (2 ó 3), grábalas, y envíanos los ejemplos a team@tatoeba.org, con el título "Audio for Tatoeba in <nombre del idioma>".

I'm completely wet because of the heavy rain. Will you come and pick me up with your car? Estoy calado totalmente debido a la fuerte lluvia. ¿Vendrás y me recogerás con tu coche?

Tom can come and pick it up today. Tom puede venir a recogerlo hoy.

Choose one and write a letter. Elige uno y escribe una letra.

I had to choose between A and B. Yo tuve que elegir entre A y B.

Tom must choose between honor and death. Tom debe elegir entre el honor y la muerte.

You must choose between honor and death. Debes elegir entre honra y muerte.

Everyone should choose at least one poem and learn it by heart. Todo el mundo debería elegir al menos un poema y aprendérselo de memoria.

True freedom is not in what you do, but in the way you choose to live what you do, and that faculty belongs just to you. La verdadera libertad no está en lo que haces, sino en la forma como eliges vivir lo que haces, y sólo a ti te pertenece tal facultad.

Some people caricature gay men as limp-wristed and speaking with a lisp. Algunas personas caricaturizan a los homosexuales como afeminados hablando con ceceo.

Those who choose not to read have no advantage over those who can't read. Aquellos que eligen no leer no tienen ninguna ventaja sobre aquellos que no saben leer.

The second the mailman comes, he rushes out to pick up his mail. Apenas llega el cartero, él sale corriendo a recoger su correo.

The appearance of stereotypes and TV are very related. La aparición de estereotipos y la televisión están muy relacionados.

I would choose honor before money. Yo elegiría el honor antes que el dinero.

I went to pick you up, but you were already gone. Fui a por ti, pero tú ya te habías ido.

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