He was in floods of tears on the phone.

他在电话里大哭。

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I had thought Jane didn't care about the result of the contest. But later I found her in floods of tears in the toilets.

我本以为简不在意比赛的结果。但后来我发现她在厕所里泪流满面。

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Often I would turn up at the high-school gates to find them in floods of tears because children had been picking on them.

我经常在中学大门前碰见他们，看到他们眼泪汪汪的样子，一定是其他的孩子找他们茬了。

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"On Thursday she was in floods of tears, on Saturday she was very angry, " says Beverly Taylor, whose 83-year-old mother is in a Southern Cross care home.

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Richard Hayward, from Folkestone, Kent, said he had to deal with an "inconsolable" daughter who was in floods of tears as she was only able to see 15 minutes of the concert before they had to get the last train home.

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