We should clean up before they arrive.

Meaning: This means to make the place neat and tidy before people come.

Choice of Words: Clean means to make something free from dirt, marks, or untidiness. Up is a preposition that means to a higher position or level. Arrive means to reach a place or come to a destination. Together, they suggest tidying up before guests come.

Alternative Expressions

Let's tidy up before our guests get here.

Meaning: This means that we should make the place neat and organized before the people who we invited to visit arrive. It's like saying, Let's make this place look nice and presentable before our visitors come over.

Choice of Words: Let's is a contraction of the words "let us", which means to suggest or propose something. Tidy up means to make something neat and organized. Before is a preposition that means earlier in time than something else. Our guests refers to the people who are invited to visit. Get here means to arrive at a place.

It's time to clean up for the visitors.

Meaning: This means that we need to clean up the place because people are coming to visit. It's like saying, We need to make this place clean and tidy because we have guests coming over.

Choice of Words: It's time means that the moment has come to do something. Clean up means to make something clean or tidy. For is a preposition that means intended for or in the interest of someone or something. The visitors refers to the people who are expected to come.

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