He has a small circle of friends.

他有一个小小的朋友圈子。

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I have a small circle of friends.

我的友谊圈很小。

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For a few months we have been quietly testing with a small circle of people.

这几个月来，我们悄悄的在一小群人中进行测试。

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Trust can only be extended to a fairly small circle of friends and fellow citizens.

信任只能延伸到,一个极小的,朋友圈子及同邦公民。

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Later, the president has a working lunch with a small circle of cabinet members and advisers.

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By the mid-nineteen-eighties, Petraeus had become one of a small circle of post-Vietnam military officers who had developed an interest in counter-insurgency doctrine.

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Insider trading rules were vague, and it was easy for a small circle of experts to sell a story and get others to bite.

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