So my question is. I had this sense that the reason that you become friends with somebody is that you love some good in them that you wish to, you could be or have some or become like.

我想问，在我觉得,你和别人成为朋友是因为,你爱他们身上的某些，有想要拥有或变为那样的优点。

youdao

When we wish to speak of our "good friend or friends," in our enlightened tongue, we stick to the one form and have no trouble or hard feeling about it; but with the German tongue it is different.

当我们想说我们的“好朋友(们)”时，只有一种形式，简单明了；到了德语里，可大相径庭了。

youdao

Oh, I wish it had been almost anybody else. Dr. and Mrs. Post are such good friends of—good friends of so many good things.

妈妈用手掩着嘴巴：“哦，真希望是其他什么人，谁都行，波斯特博士和他太太是多好的朋友啊，他们可以为自己的朋友介绍多少好事啊。

youdao

So, my friends, I wish you good health.

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