I was scared of them being annoyed with me,so I

我很害怕他们来找我麻烦,因此我过去常常试图按时到达,但是有时事情并非如此进展顺利,如果我比他们所说的还要晚,我们将大为关火.
work out 这里指进展顺利,如：
Things just didn't work out as planned.
事情没有像计划的那样进展顺利.
The deal just isn't working out the way we were promised.
这项交易并不如承诺我们的那样进展顺利.谢谢啊！！！my mother would sit up with a furious expression on her face.. 什么意思？翻译！！ 其中 sit up 什么意思？ 谢谢！！！sit up；坐起来; （就是本来坐着，然后站起来）全句翻译：我母亲坐了起来，强烈的愤怒写在她的脸上。我以后提问带名字叫 英语小多His possessive mother wants him to ring her 3 times a day at least to keep her informed of what he does at school .什么意思？如何翻译？其中句子中的ring 什么意思？如何理解？谢谢！我是英语小多！！！ 真诚感谢！！！！！welcome谢谢帮我啊啊啊我不会possessive:占有欲强的ring：v，给。。。打电话 全句翻译：他的母亲占有欲很强，要求他每天至少给她打三次电话，以让她知道他在学校干些什么谢谢！！！！我这个提问，发出去，没有人回复！我这才问的你！！！