She decided to start picking up the house from the top down.

她决定开始彻底收拾那房子。

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Some of the nation's top economic forecasters say the economic recovery is picking up speed.

一些国家顶级经济预报员表示，经济回暖正在加速。

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When five pellets are placed on top without falling off, catching cicadas is as easy as picking a ball up from the ground.

如果把五个弹丸放在上面而不掉下来，捕蝉就像从地上捡球一样容易了。

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In other words, you would have had a better chance of picking a top fund by literally throwing a dart at a dart board than picking a past top performer.

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In particular, Nate Silver at his New York Times blog, FiveThirtyEight, came out on top by picking presidential election results correctly in every single state.

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Another common mistake: picking top-seeded teams to fold too early.

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