Our mothers sat us down to read and paint, when all we really wanted to do was to make a mess.

我们的妈妈们让我们坐下读书、画画，而我们真正想要做的却是胡闹一阵。

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You're only going to make a mess.

你正在把事情弄得一团糟。

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If you want to make a mess.

如果你想制造混乱。

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"When you've got a clean shot like this, you don't want to make a mess of the gut, " he said.

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In this sort of form, none of the lower order were likely to resist Anderson for long and Sulieman Benn frankly did well to last 12 balls, before a superb ball swung through his defences to make a mess of the stumps.

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