*pick up* (a language)

*pick up* (a language)

Definition: to learn a language, often by just being in the country

E.g.1: I have never studied Spanish but I picked up enough to get by on the various holidays I had there.
E.g. 2: How did your sister learn such good Mandarin?
– She picked it up from her friends at work.

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