Somehow, I managed to pick up the telephone and call my mom in the middle of the night, telling her to come get me.

半夜时候，我总算拿起了电话，拨通了我妈妈的号码，叫她赶紧来接我。

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It's actually easier to call a taxi company listed in the Yellow Pages of a telephone directory and ask them to send a cab to pick you up at your doorstep.

事实上较为方便的做法是按电话簿中黄页部分所列的出租车公司的号码打电话叫车，让他们派车上门来接你。

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Quickly pick up the telephone to contact us!

赶紧拿起德律风联络我们吧！

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In a state-run medium dominated by propaganda, she invited women to pick up the telephone and tell their life stories on air.

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At least they should more easily be able to pick up the telephone and talk if their generals let things get out of hand.

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The telephone-equipment companies want voice dialling (useful in cars), automatic call-centres, computerised operator-services and messaging that allows users to pick up and send e-mails and faxes on an ordinary telephone anywhere in the world.

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