Believe me, he went on seriously, there is nothing-really nothing-nicer than just messing about in boats.

相信我，他一本正经地继续着，没有什么—真的没有什么—比在船上打发时光更惬意。

I shouldn’t think he’d want the children messing about in his little house.

我不应该认为他会希望孩子们在他的小房子里胡闹。

'And if you great clumsy brutes come messing about in here we'll all be caught!

“如果你们这些笨手笨脚的畜生来这里胡闹，我们都会被抓住的！”