pick
Examples
I was compelled to pick it from the ground where it would fall, nearly as often as from the stalk where it had grown.
J'étais obligé de le cueillir sur le sol où il tombait, presque aussi souvent que sur la tige où il avait poussé.
I found no such difficulty in learning the art of cutting cane that I had in picking cotton.
Je n'ai pas eu autant de difficultés à apprendre l'art de couper la canne que j'en avais à cueillir le coton.
In consequence of my inability in cotton-picking, Epps was in the habit of hiring me out on sugar plantations during the season of cane-cutting and sugar-making.
Comme je n'étais pas habile à cueillir le coton, Epps avait l'habitude de louer mes services aux plantations sucrières pendant la coupe de la canne et la fabrication du sucre.
Bob ventured to say that his fingers were so numb with cold he couldn't pick fast.
Bob osa dire que ses doigts étaient si engourdis par le froid qu'il ne pouvait pas cueillir vite.