Pick up
Pick up verb - Take up by hand.
Usage example: He picked up the book and started to read
Both terms in one sentence
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He'd really be losing his touch with the Force if he couldn't pick up on all that.
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In Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Goren uses his pocket knife a lot (not as a weapon mind you, just to pick up stuff he doesn't want to touch, dig stuff out of walls, etc).
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The good news was that the PlayStation Vita handheld was named after being revealed last year (and now priced at $250), which has touch screen controls and can suspend play to pick up later on the PlayStation 3 and vice versa.
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