Continue and Pick up

Continue

Continue verb - To begin again or return to after an interruption.
Usage example: we'll continue this discussion after we've eaten

Pick up is a synonym for continue in resume topic. In some cases you can use "Pick up" instead a verb "Continue".

Pick up

Pick up verb - To begin again or return to after an interruption.
Usage example: after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off

Continue is a synonym for pick up in improve topic. Sometimes you can use "Continue" instead a verb "Pick up".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Fan Fic / Boy Scouts ½ After an epilogue where the real Matthew Atanian is visited by Nabeshin and implored to continue writing, things pick up right from there with Boy Scouts ½ in Japan.
  • Video Game / Batman: Arkham City Mooks will continue to pick up the dropped knife of a KO'd mook, and come after you with it.
  • Karin: (Trying to pick up on a dropped plot point) Can I get in there and continue the plot.
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