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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When Superintendent Seegrave comes in, he orders his minions around, who actually make a mess of the investigation.

当警长塞格雷夫进来时，他命令他的小兵四处走动。实际上，他们上把调查弄得一团糟。

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Don't mess up my body make-up.

别把我身上的妆弄乱了。

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So, sometimes you'll find the Rydberg constant in different forms, but just make sure you pay attention to units because then you won't mess them up, because this is in inverse seconds here, the other Rydberg constant is in joules, so you'll be able to use what you need depending on how you're using that constant.

有时候你们会发现Rydberg常数,会写成不同的形式，但你们要注意,它的单位就不会弄错了，因为这里是秒的倒数，而另一个Rydberg常数是焦耳，所有你可以根据你要怎么使用,这个常数来选择你需要的常数。

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