我拿起电话簿，浏览了一下。

I picked up the phone book and glanced through it.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我拿起便笺簿，在上面写了字。

I took the pad and wrote on it.

youdao

我拿起钱包，打开了它。

I picked up the wallet and opened it.

youdao

And I'll say "how are you" and you say something to the effect that if I could afford a latte in this world, I'm doing well.

我问您最近怎么样，您有一次,说了一句话，大致意思是，如果我能,享受得起一杯拿铁，那一切就还好。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I sit in my field. I'm eating my carrot. I hold it up and I say, "This is raw? It's ridiculous. 'Raw' as opposed to what?" Right?

我坐在我的地上，我吃我的萝卜，我突然拿起它，说，这萝卜是生的吗，这简直荒谬，不是生的是什么，是吧？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

If I were to hold up two pieces of paper, there's a sense in which they are participating in "Twohood."

如果我拿起两张纸,便有这样一层含义,即,这两张纸分有了 二性

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选