curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-manage-a-conversation/67dc0004be58caef2150467e.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
Can we BLANK up where we BLANK off?
pick
This means to continue something from where it was stopped.
left
This is used to indicate the point where something stopped before.
To pick up in this context means to continue something that was previously paused. For example:
Let's pick up this discussion after lunch. - This means continuing the discussion later.
To leave off refers to the point where something stopped. For example:
Where did we leave off in the book? - This asks about the last part read before stopping.
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