They are not common friends, that is to say, they have special relation.

他们不是普通朋友，也就是说，他们有着特殊的关系。

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Then I found out the ex was organizing things with our common friends and no one was telling me.

然而我发现他的前女友和我们共同的朋友一起组织事情，可是却没有人告诉我。

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At first I thought she had something against me, but after I observed her interacting with our common friends, I realized she was like that with everyone else too.

起先我以为她是针对我的，后来发现她和其他朋友相处的时候时候也是这样，我意识到她和每个人都是这样针锋相对的。

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VOA: standard.2009.03.27

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