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What is the meaning of this exact expression in English?
:-) Hi there,
I am Korean and I am looking for good language exchange partners in English and Korean. Plus, I was told one of expressions on the radio, but not sure if it is correct. The expression is 'pick up your wear left off'. Not sure the spelling and words order. If anyone knows this, feel free to send me an email or msg. I am not a gold member, so I cen't send any emails, so email me if you want to be a good language partner. Thanks.
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Re:What is the meaning of this exact expression in English?
I'm not sure if it can really be categorized as an expression, but it is used sometimes here in America. It's written/spoken with "where" instead of "wear," so the whole expression is, "pick up where you left off" or it could also be, "pick up where one left off," if impersonal. I am not a gold member either, and I don't know if you already got your reply for this, so I'm just replying now. It's sort of an idiom, and it means exactly what it sounds like - continuing a course of action where one stopped it. Usually, it is because the action was interrupted or deliberately stopped, like a class for example. The teacher could dismiss class, and then next class say, "Let's pick up where we left off," as in continuing a lesson that he/she started last class.
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Re:What is the meaning of this exact expression in English?
It's "pick up where you left off"
it means to continue from where you stopped
so if i was reading a book and stopped at page 5, when i go back i would essentially " pick up where i left off " at page 5..
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Re:What is the meaning of this exact expression in English?
Here in England this expression is used quite a lot. 'Wear' is used in a context usually regarding clothing... 'She didn't know what shoes to wear'. So for this sentence it is wrong! Instead we use 'where'. To 'pick up where we left off' is to resume a previous circumstance. For example two people may have a conversation but were interrupted, when they resume the conversation, they would 'pick up where they left off'. Hope this helps!
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