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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Vocabulary question no. 72: pickup?

Hello there Fellow Users,

I've just had a conversation with one of my co-workers and he used a word that I'm not familiar with. Well, at least not in this context.

A: How much did you pay for that ebike of yours?
B: It was 800.
A: And how often to you have to recharge it?
B: The pickup (?) is pretty good on that thing. I can makie to work and back home on one charge.

I'm not sure if I heard him correctly but I'd say with 99% of certainty that it was this word indeed.

Thanks

Cheers
  

Top answer

Still, it does not sound right. 'Pick up' normally refers to acceleration.

— Mister Micawber

  • Still, it does not sound right.
  • 'Pick up' normally refers to acceleration.
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Still, it does not sound right. 'Pick up' normally refers to acceleration.
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Thank you.

Then what word should he have used instead? He's American.
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If I understand it correctly, I would say "the range is pretty good". I don't know any word like "pickup" that would fit.
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GPYIf I understand it correctly, I would say "the range is pretty good". I don't know any word like "pickup" that would fit.
Thanks.

I don't know why he said pickup. I was asking him about the battery and how often he's got to recharge it. He's a native speaker of English.
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Perfect StrangerI don't know why he said pickup. I was asking him about the battery and how often he's got to recharge it.
It may just be an ad hoc coinage or a regional phrase. The meaning is clear enough: the battery picks up a new charge quickly.
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At the risk of complicating this more than is necessary, I think there are two separate issues here. One is the length of time it takes to charge the battery, and the other is how far you can travel on one full charge (the range). I was assuming that "I can make it to work and back home on one charge" referred to the latter, which would not necessarily have a direct relationship with the speed of
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GPYand the other is how far you can travel on one full charge (the range)
I guess that's what I wanted him to tell me. Well, actually, I was expecting from him an answer that would be more or less like this: I have to recharge it every two days for example.

By the way, is it really necessary to say recharge instead of simpl
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Perfect Stranger- I have to charge my ebike VS I have to recharge my ebike.
Both are OK.
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