She made her way to the kitchen, hoping to find someone preparing dinner.

她朝厨房走去，希望看到有人在准备晚餐。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Mother is usually occupying herself preparing dinner for the whole family when I get home from school.

每次我回家的时候，母亲总是忙着在给全家人准备晚餐。

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It'll be too late to start preparing dinner when the guests have arrived.

客人到了旋做，就来不及了。

《新英汉大辞典》

In fact, I'm preparing dinner as well, it will be delicious.

实际上，我还在准备晚餐，会很美味哦。

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