While my mother and I were picking out the gifts, my dad said, "I'll be back soon—I need to see something in the tool area."

当我和妈妈在挑选礼物时，爸爸说：“我很快就回来——我需要看看工具区有什么东西。”

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Why do I spend my time picking up every other area in my home except the place that's mine?

为什么我花了我所有的时间来收拾屋子的其他每个地方，最后发现我的卧室仍旧没有打扫？

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Yet business and consumer confidence seem to be picking up across most of the euro area.

然而，欧元区大部分国家的企业和消费者信心似乎开始回升。

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Business cycles favour it: the euro-area economy is picking up speed again, but America's recovery is more advanced.

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More likely, she was picking up her husband, who lives in the area.

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Whereas the rattling pace of America's economy is expected to slacken in the second half of the year, the slower-growing euro area and Japan are thought to be picking up even if in Europe this is still more evident in confidence surveys than in hard figures.

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