We had been running around cleaning up.

我们一直忙来忙去做清洁。

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We arrived to find the staff cleaning up some breakages, and they asked us where we had been when the earthquake hit.

我们到达时发现工作人员正在清理一些破碎物品，他们问地震时我们在哪里。

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When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence.

后来到做扫除时，本应在场的安妮却因为不在而引起了注意。

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"We are cleaning up something that is - quite simply - a mess,"

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