Picked up and Taught

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Picked up adjective - Being clean and in good order.

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Taught and picked up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taught" instead an adjective phrase "Picked up".

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Picked up and taught are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Picked up" instead an adjective "Taught".

This leads to a bit of Fridge Logic as to where exactly all these animals picked up English (justified for the rats, as they were taught it in the lab, but not for any of the others), and whether they can understand other human languages automatically as well.

Source: Literature / Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Taught himself six-string guitar at the extremely late age of 20, although he'd played four-string guitar since 12; played with his thumb, a habit he picked up from practising late at night and not wanting to wake up his sleeping family, which gave him a huge warm tone.

Source: Jazz
As of the fifth season, Ted has picked up an umbrella owned by the titular mother at a party, accidentally walked into and taught the wrong class that she was in, and briefly dated her roommate, and left just after seeing her... left leg.

Source: Missed Him by That Much

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