He edged closer to the telephone, ready to grab it.

他慢慢地移近电话，准备抓起它。

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When they get a tern or pelican to drop a fish, they plunge down and grab it off the surface of the water, which may have been how this bird got oiled.

当他们让一只燕鸥或鹈鹕扔下一条鱼时，他们会一头栽到水里，然后把鱼从水面抓起来，这可能就是这只鸟被油弄脏的原因。

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Then all of a sudden Smiley's dog would grab that other dog by his back leg and hang on till the men said it was over.

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I don't expect you'll all immediately grab it, but you will need to understand it before the quiz comes along.

我不期望你们马上就能掌握，但是你们需要在,考试前弄懂它。

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In principle, we could play this with the whole class, but let's single out a particular row of the class so I'm going to come down here and I guess eventually, well I'll grab it in a minute.

理论上,我们可以全班一起做这个博弈,但我要选出特定的一行,我先走下来,我觉得,我很快就能挑到人

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But you've got to grab it because they get rid of their ribbons very quickly.

BBC: Is it too early to be Christmas shopping?

He says it's a tough decision, but then he adds, grab it while you can.

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Check the source to see how to grab it, but the line forms behind us.

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