Opening the drawer he took out a book.

打开抽屉，他拿出一本书。

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Opening the drawer he took out a dictionary.

他打开抽屉，拿出一本词典。

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"Oh, that, " said the old man, opening the drawer in the kitchen table, and taking out a tiny, rather dirty-looking phial. "That is just a dollar."

“那个嘛，”老人打开抽屉，拿出一瓶小小的，脏脏的瓶子，“只要一美元。”

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You keep it filed in a drawer of your consciousness, like a short story that never worked after the opening lines.

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