1 to pick

2 to pluck

3 to collect

4 to select

5 to choose

6 to gather

1 to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)

2 to take

1 to adopt

2 to employ

3 to use

1 to interview

2 to gather news

3 to hunt for and collect

4 to cover

1 to procure (for an enterprise etc)

2 to purchase

1 lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers

1 dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless

2 in low spirits

3 washed out

1 in glowing spirits (idiom); bursting with life

2 radiating health and vigor

1 in high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor

1 happy and excited (idiom)

2 in high spirits

3 in great delight