Americans use the word "friend" in a very general way.

美国人把“朋友”一词使用得非常广泛。

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There is a tendency in the popular literature these days to use the word mint in a very general way.

当今在通俗文学中有一种倾向，就是薄荷一词成为一个很通用的说法。

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Americans usd the word friend in a very general way. They may call both casual acquaintances and close companions "friends."

美国人把“朋友”这个字用得非常广泛，一般的泛泛之交和亲密伙伴都算是朋友。

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But it was not. It was written in a very general way that left the courts to decide what the law really said.

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"The main goal is to try to assess this material in a very general way that will give us an appraisal of the habitability of this environment, " he explained.

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He never showed her what they had, except in a very general way and he never taught her anything about doing his job of making their investment decisions nor working with their advisor.

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Political Islam prescribes a set of specific social, economic and legal practices in a way that is very different from the more general social teachings (such as calls to practice charity or strive for justice) found in the spiritual dimension of Islam, Christianity, Judaism and other world religions.

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