The books and little box are all things picked up in junk shops over the years.

小盒子和这些书都是多年来从旧货商店里弄回来的。

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He was stealing things to feed a drug habit that he'd picked up during his last prison sentence - a cycle of crime which makes you think about things.

他偷东西是为了满足自己的吸毒，这是习惯是他在上个服刑期间在监狱学会的。这会让你想起了犯罪循环。

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I stopped and picked it up, and realized that I had been worrying and fretting in my mind about things I cannot change.

于是停下脚步把它捡起来，回想起这些日子里一直在为许许多多自己不能改变的事情而忧心忡忡。

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Things picked up later in the 1990s with the Saturday night ITV quiz Man O Man, before he landed the compere's role in Who Wants to be a Millionaire? in 1998.

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But things have picked up since then and Bell performed quite well in the one televised debate held during the race.

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These are just a few of the things I picked up from the energetic and enthusiastic giver, Pamela Bellesen, who runs Wide Mouth Frog Designs.

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