Now my friend said - better you follow my instructions.

现在我的朋友说：“你们最好跟随我的指示。”

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Now I'll take off my "friend hat" and put on my "therapist hat."

现在我将从朋友的角色转为治疗专家的角色。

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I like writing now, but my friend doesn't like writing.

我喜欢写，但我的朋友不喜欢写。

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Frost says at the time that he's publishing A Boy's Will, to a friend: You mustn't take me too seriously if I now proceed to brag a bit about my exploits as a poet.

他在发表第一本书时对一个朋友说：,不要对我太认真,如果我现在吹嘘自己已是一位诗人。

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And you think ‘Okay, now it's time to give my friend

你感觉现在应该给你的朋友

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If seeing the photograph of my friend now can remind me of my friend, it's got to be because I met my friend before.

如果看到我的朋友的照片,就能想起他/她本人,这是因为我以前见过我的朋友

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Paul is now my friend who later helped found Ancestry.com, MyFamily.com, and Family Link.

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" And armed with that knowledge, he declared, "So the tomato is a fruit and it is now my best friend.

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Now that, my friend, is certainty.

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