I picked up the phone book and glanced through it.

我拿起电话簿，浏览了一下。

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And I picked up the phone and called him.

但我还是给他打了电话。

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I picked up the phone again and called the driver.

我再次拿起电话打给司机。

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So I picked up the phone and saw it was Oscar's number and thought it was him phoning me.

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So as I picked up the phone to chat with Dan Alban about the decision, I tried to keep in mind what my friend had said to me about preconceived notions.

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The man in the above scenario finally stopped filling our voicemail with raging tirades when I picked up the phone, called him out on his behavior and told him we would never answer another call from him.

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