And so can you at BBC Learning English! Second, we use pick up informally to describe buying something. For example: I often pick up some milk on my way home. Third, we use pick up to describe getting ...

Let me give you some clues. I tried baking a cake. When we use try with an -ing verb, it simply means that you attempted something. I tried to bake a cake. So, when you attempt to do something but you ...