Let’s take a look at the phrasal verb ‘pick up’. In this cartoon it has two meanings:
1) Pick up – to lift an object with the hands
'Keep your back straight when you pick the TV up.'
2) Pick up – learn something without effort
'It's possible to pick up enough English in two weeks to get by on your trip to London.'
Other meanings for this phrasal verb are:
3) Pick up - come and get someone in a car'
'What time are you going to pick me up.'
4) Pick up - try to start a relationship with someone
'Some strange man tried to pick up Lucy in the bar.'
5) Pick up - to grow or increase
'Business is really picking up this month.'
