pick up a fight: is it correct? The dictionary only says pick a fight with someone, although I read some say pick up a fight. Many thanks for your time!

A forest story There is a big house in the trees. That house belongs to a man. His name is David Beckham. David lives a life among animals. The animals from the forest get along pretty well with David. They think he is a good neighbor to them. As the house is big and David has no family he lets some animals stay inside. Mostly, it’s dogs and raccoons. No matter what the weather is like and whenever David goes he always takes Brian (a dog) and Ronnie (a raccoon) with him. Brian and Ronnie are his best friends. Most of the times, the weather is fine. So, David has no worries about the weather. There is a beach near the forest. David always goes with his friends to the beach on Mondays. It’s a Brian’s idea going to the beach on Mondays. Brian considers Monday is a lucky day of the week. David agrees with him, because Brian reads a lot and knows a lot of things. Currently, Brian is studying psychology of luck. So David trusts Brian. Ronnie believes Brian too. Ronnie is very happy that he knows Brian. However, there is one problem. Ronnie doesn’t like going to the beach on Mondays. He’d like to go there another day, let’s say on Sundays. The thing is that Ronnie watches his favorite TV show - “Duck Tales” on Mondays. Ronnie can’t help watching it. So, Ronnie’d rather go to the beach on Sundays than on Mondays. Brian doesn’t like that. Brian is super superstitious, he truly believes in luck. Sunday or any other day is never good for him. To his mind, Monday is the perfect day for going to the beach. Ronnie gets annoyed and says from time to time: “We are always going out! Chill out, dog! We live in the forest, for God’s sake! Why don’t we stay in and watch TV for a while?!” David is getting upset when his friends are having an argument. So David is thinking of a plan that can solve the problem. “Of course, that’s a brilliant idea!”- says David. David’s got a plan. He is going to build a summer-house near the beach so that Ronnie could watch his TV show while David and Brian are going for a walk on the beach. David thinks that’s a good idea. Next day, David wakes up at 5:00am, leaves the house without telling a soul, goes to the bus station, buys one ticket to town, arrives in the town at 8:00am and goes to the market. David buys everything necessary to build a summer-house. Then, he gets back home. David enters and asks if everything is ok. Brian and Ronnie say that everything is fine.

Could you help to check out The dog stoy, please? There was a dog. The dog’s name was Erick. Erick was a gundog. His parents were golden retrievers. Erick was well-known for his breed in the locals, but he didn’t mind his purebred though. Erick was only 2 years old and he was dreaming big in his mind. He was strong and fast, whereas other dogs were weak and slow. He could run miles without having rest. It was so incredible. Nobody could win him in the racing. Nobody could do it, but the wind. Anyone would like to have such abilities. However, Erick had a huge problem. He was suffering from hyperactivity. Erick was incapable of being relaxed. In spite of the fact that he was the fastest dog, he was getting dog-tired very fast. No matter how hard he tried to calm himself, everything was useless. It was so frustrating. Wherever he went he always wanted to do something moving, something that would make him feel tired. At the end of the day Erick would always feel exhausted. Nevertheless, Erick didn’t give up so easily. Erick started looking for some medicine. Firstly, He came to his parents for their advice. The parents have known his son very well since he was a little cub. They must have known something about the case history. Even though they were his parents, they didn’t remember much. Despite having little information Erick didn’t give up. While Erick kept looking for the medicine, he couldn’t help moving. One day. Although It was such nice weather that day something bad happened. So, Erick had tremendously a lot of energy. Everything seemed fine. But his activity was overwhelming. He was moving so fast that he broke his leg, eventually. It was such a bad day! It was the worst day of Erick’s life. His leg was in big pain so they took Erick to the hospital. As a result, Erick suffered multiple fractures in the ankle joint. There was such a lot of work to do for the surgeon. After the operation Erick noticed that he wouldn’t want to move more. He felt relaxed and he didn’t know what the reason was for it.

ESTAR o SER -¿Queda mucho tiempo para la salida? -No. Son las nueve y cuarto y la salida ... a las diez. Qué hay que poner: estar o ser? A mi parecer, estar viene bien, pero no estoy seguro. Ayudame, por favor. Cuál es correcto? Muchas gracias!

What does "to write a lead" mean? Could you rephrase it, please? It would be very good if somebody could give a russian translation to it- Thank you very much!

Qué verbo se debe poner:ser o estar? Ayudame, por favor, estoy muy confundido! A. - No salgas por ahí, joven! В. - ¿Por qué? A. - Porque la salida ... por esta puerta.

What does this phrase mean? "families are often busy and stretched thin"

Palabras finas Hola! Alguien me puede decir unas palabras finas? En que situaciones se puede usarlas? Muchas Gracias