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Hi, teachers.
I transcribed a part of an interview below, which was barely understandable for me
*(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7): Could you please correct these, teacher?
*(3): What does “pick up” means and what is “it” here? I looked “pick up” up in a dictionary,
but as I was unable to understand the context, I couldn’t choose the right one between several different meanings.
[04:04-05:11] (including the question)
[04:28-05:11](transcribed)
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PETER HAMBRO (IRC CHAIRMAN)
Well, international politics are very hard things to, to judge at the moment. Relationships are, are (1?)refrained all over the world. Uh, I hope, I hope we don’t have that sort of problem, because it, that sort of thing makes (2?)my part for everybody. Yes, we have the capacity to, to (3?)pick up some of it. But we couldn’t begin to pick up (4?)what fordski does ought to nothing like went enough for that. Uh, but if, if that was (5?)bring down supply, I think, (6?)it fund, we could, we could continue to build up our, our, a bit, our production a bit. (7?)But not an amusement.
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Top answer
Again, you always pick stuff where they sound like they're wearing a diving helmet and coming through on a transistor radio. )pick up some of it Right. She asked if he could supply any shortfall in iron ore production, and he says he can "pick up" some of it, or assume contracts for some of the demand.
- Again, you always pick stuff where they sound like they're wearing a diving helmet and coming through on a transistor radio.
- )pick up some of it Right.
- She asked if he could supply any shortfall in iron ore production, and he says he can "pick up" some of it, or assume contracts for some of the demand.
- The sense is that the other businesses will drop their contracts, and he will pick them up, figuratively speaking.
- And you are right, none of the online dictionaries I looked at have this for a definition, which is not suprising because he is merely speaking figuratively and not employing a figure of speech.
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Again, you always pick stuff where they sound like they're wearing a diving helmet and coming through on a transistor radio.
ANNE202 (1?)refrained
"frayed"
ANNE202(2?)my part
"life hard"
ANNE202(3?)pick up some of it
Right. She asked if he could supply any shortfall
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