Okay, you know, first of all, I am not my mother.好吧，首先，我不像我母親

first of all首先

First of all, let me tell you the news.

首先，讓我告訴你這個(gè)消息。

Wait, why don't you make her fix this instead of you doing it, as usual? 為什么這次是她自己主動(dòng)來(lái)了，以前不都是你幫她處理爛攤子的嗎

instead of代替；而不是 ...

Oops! I put in sugar instead of salt.

啊！我錯(cuò)把糖當(dāng)鹽放了。

Plastic is sometimes used instead of leather.

塑膠有時(shí)可以替代皮革。

mom makes a mess,and there's mitchell to clean it up.每次媽媽搞得一團(tuán)糟Mitchell就會(huì)來(lái)收拾殘局

clean up收拾干凈；打掃

You should always clean up the room.

你應(yīng)該經(jīng)常清理房間。

He do all he can to clean up on his opponent.

他想方設(shè)法要擊敗他的對(duì)手。