When old family friends, the Bracebridges, offered to take the girl to Egypt with them, her parents hoped a change would break the impasse. They misjudged.

家族的老友Bracebridges提议带南丁格尔到埃及旅行，父母在首肯之余，期望这次旅行能让她的固执己见有所转变。

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My criteria: I only left actual, real-life friends and family, plus old friends from high school.

我的标准是：我只保留现实生活中的朋友和家人，以及中学时的老朋友。

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The majority of people who start college or uni are moving away from home for the first time, away from family and old friends.

大多数人第一次离家来到学校，告别了家人和朋友，来迎接新的大学生活。

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He was eighty-nine years old. At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him by wearing red clothes.

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With the deal set to close in three days, the Singh brothers leaned on the owners, who happened to be old family friends.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The checks came in unsolicited at state party headquarters, to Republican consultants, to old friends of the Bush family.

CNN: Who chose George?

Ms. Krepak, 53 years old, says she recruited family and friends to help her fulfill orders after the magazine exposure led to more sales than she could handle on her own.

WSJ: Can You Handle a Sudden Surge in Sales at Your Business?