I pick up the phone to call you, but it's the wrong time or I know you're out of reach.

拿起电话，我想和你联系，但自知无法找到你，又或时不相宜。

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I was at my desk now, I don't know, just to sit, to steady myself, and I pick up the phone.

我现在正坐在桌子旁，我不知道，我只是坐着，只是让自己稳定下来，我拿起电话。

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"Each time I pick up the phone, I answer pretty much the same questions from my parents," Zhou said.

“每次接电话，他们的问题都大同小异，”周敏敏说。

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But again, you could pick up the phone, just like I can pick up my phone in the office and relay you, April.

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"If I were a plan participant and I was planning to take a lump sum, I would pick up the phone and call H-R and ask about the plan funding status, " says Andrew Wozniak, an actuary at BNY Mellon Asset Management, which manages investments for dozens of large company pension plans.

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And so since I know I can always pick up the phone and talk to him, that it's not necessary for me to spend huge amounts of time other than just getting business done when I'm here.

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