Thank you for picking them up from practice.

谢谢你去接他们回来。

Thank you so much for picking them up. - Of course.

谢谢你去接他们过来 -不客气。

Unobtrusive things, obviously, so Muggles don't go picking them up and playing with them.

当然，都是看上去不起眼的东西，这样麻瓜就不会把它们捡起来摆弄。

We'd expected complaints about the congestion near the school when parents are dropping off their children or picking them up.

我们预料到了会有关于当家长接送孩子上学的时候，学校附近交通会很拥堵的一些抱怨。

" A pair of spectacles, " I whispered, picking them up.

“一副眼镜， ” 我低声说，把它们捡起来。

Empires were always tumbling to pieces and diplomats were always picking them up.

帝国总是在分崩离析， 而外交官总是在振作起来。

A parent can soothe their baby by picking them up the baby is reassured that the parent is nearby and protecting them.

父母可以通过抱起孩子来安抚孩子，让孩子放心，父母就在附近保护着他们。

So even though gathering clams underwater took more work than picking them up on the beach, the effort may have been worth it.

因此，尽管在水下采集蛤蜊比在海滩上采集蛤蜊更费力，但这一努力可能是值得的。

Her way of leaving her books and playthings just where she had used them last, gave her mother much trouble in picking them up and putting them in their proper places.

她常把她的书和玩具随手丢在她最后用过的地方。这样给她的妈妈增添了很多麻烦，她得把这些东西捡起并放到它们专属的地方。