Prussia did not include the Hanseatic League cities, such as Bremen and Hamburg and the others.

这里所说的普鲁士不包括汉萨同盟的城市,如不来梅港市,汉堡等

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

My friends in Britain, and of courese, Britain is our oldest, one of, it's not our oldest ally but it's certainly one of our closed allies.

我在英国的朋友，当然，英国是我们最早，不，它不是我们最早的同盟国,但它是我们最紧密的同盟。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

He had adopted another Roman, Octavian, and Julius Caesar's adopted son, Octavian, then formed an alliance with Mark Antony, who had been Julius Caesar's friend, and a lesser known figure named Lepidus, whom you don't really need to remember.

恺撒有个养子，屋大维，他与恺撒的朋友，马克·安东尼结成后三头同盟，还有一方大家比较陌生，是雷必达，这个名字不用记。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

And that's worth of having an ally.

同时也是组建同盟的意义所在。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选