It wasn't until I entered the corporate world that I realized, for me at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a priority at all.

直到我进了公司，我才意识到，至少对我来说，与同事成为朋友根本就不是最重要的事情。

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Being friends means being frank with each other.

交朋友就是要坦诚相待。

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Does being friends with this person re-define the term?

与对方成为朋友是否重新定义了这个词？

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"We can do more good setting an example and being friends and business associates than we can by ostracizing them."

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We are committed to sharing intimacy, to being friends forever but physical attraction is not part of the equation here.

我们亲密无间，一生一世,有没有激情体验无关痛痒。

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but being friends with Natta, open the gate and, I thought that, I have been having meals in CJLO, in the center for Jewish life.

但是和Natta做朋友，敞开心门,恩，我曾在CJL办公室，也就是犹太生活中心就餐。

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But more than that, I actually like being friends with my bosses on Facebook.

FORBES: Should your boss have veto power over your Facebook profile?

By some inner compulsion I ended up being friends with Edna.

WSJ: The Novelists

The bag of chips being your friends private lives splayed out all over their wall.

FORBES: Facebook, cartoons, pedophiles and a friend-sourced future