Translations for pick up in French

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Then I lashed the tiller and went below to my own chest, where I got a soft silk handkerchief of my mother's. With this, and with my aid, Hands bound up the great bleeding stab he had received in the thigh, and after he had eaten a little and had a swallow or two more of the brandy, he began to pick up visibly, sat straighter up, spoke louder and clearer, and looked in every way another man. J’amarrai alors la barre et descendis chercher dans mon coffre personnel un mouchoir de soie fine donné par ma mère. Je m’en servis pour aider Hands à bander la large blessure saignante qu’il avait reçue à la cuisse. Après avoir mangé un peu et avalé quelques gorgées d’eau-de-vie, il commença à se remonter visiblement, se tint plus droit, parla plus haut et plus net, et parut un tout autre homme.
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson L’Île au trésor, de Robert Louis Stevenson