pick(with в + prepl., one’s teeth, nose, etc.); poke; finick(в тарелке); pick at(kann_sein); pick; scour(SAKHstasia); dig up(earth, soil, etc.); toy(with with; to play with in an idle way • He wasn't hungry and sat toying with his food)
poke about(in); tamper(Don't tamper with the engine); go digging around(NumiTorum); rummage through(Tanya Gesse); poke around(напр., в носу, в земле и т. д. • Poking around inside our nostrils is disgusting, unhygienic and potentially harmful. • I don't really have that much time to go poking around in my garden.4uzhoj); tinker(make unskilled or experimental efforts at repair; fiddle • I tinkered with the engine, hoping to discover the trouble • This car is a runner but has been sitting a while and will need a little tinkering to get started4uzhoj); pick holes in(george serebryakov); pick(в носу (pick one's nose), в тарелке (pick at one's plate) и т.п. 4uzhoj); fumble(he fumbled with the lockOlya34)
work around('He stuck his little finger in his ear and worked it around and brought it out with a little dark wax on it. He wiped it off casually on his coat.' (Raymond Chandler)ART Vancouver)
