take up; swoop; catch up(тж. перен., напр., новое слово); nip up; catch up(словечко); embrace(alexghost); catch(in mid-air, in flight); hit on; intercept; join in; seize; pick up(слова, выражения; to let (someone) into a car, train etc. in order to take him somewhere • I picked him up at the station and drove him home); get(болезнь); grab; take(someone along); scoop(на руки alikssepia); snap(sever_korrespondent); ruck up(She rucked up the skirts and prepared to run. Wakeful dormouse); catch up; take someone along; chime in("Aunt Hester chimed in: Did not Winifred think that it was much better for the young people to be secure and not run any risk at their age?" The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthyaldrignedigen); contract(болезнь • A Fort Worth, Texas, couple has died after contracting a mysterious illness while on vacation.); be down with(вирус, инфекцию • Marigold had to go home early today. I think she's down with the flu. • All the senior police officers were down with flu – so the Chief Constable asked for his aid. • By the time I jumped back inside he looked like he was down with flu.4uzhoj); grasp; snatch; pick up(чей-либо рассказ • She sighed and said, "Hurricane weather." John picked it up. "Said so on my radio."Stanislav Silinsky); pin down
assent(поддержать и продолжить слова собеседника • "All Northern Australia—blueprints for invasion!” “Complete in every relevant detail,” Farnholme assented.Abysslooker)