But once picked up, they tried to bite me.

但是它们一被捡起来，就试图咬我。

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It was on one of the flagstones of this cloister that there was once picked up a confession which had been written out in advance, in order that she might not forget it, by a sinner of seven years.

下面这张忏悔词是在那修院里石板地上拾到的，这是一个七岁的犯罪姑娘事先写好以免忘记的。

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Brian started the engine and pulled away slowly, but picked up speed once he entered Oakwood Drive.

布赖恩发动引擎，慢慢驶离，但上了奥克伍德大道后就开始加速。

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I once picked up a guy on Broadway and he was drunk,

我还在百老汇载过一个人，当时他喝得很醉，

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