Northup worked hard and endured much cruelty, but he was always looking for the chance to escape or contact his family and friends in New York.

诺瑟普努力工作并忍受了很多残酷的事情，但他一直在寻找机会逃离或联系他在纽约的家人和朋友。

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Keeping in contact with friends and family would be impossible without the internet.

没有互联网，与朋友和家人保持联系是不可能的。

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Although I still used the program, it was mainly for the convenience of keeping in contact with distant family and friends.

虽说我还用那个软件，那主要是为了便于和远方的家人与朋友保持联系。

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"I just feel terrible for the people who haven't been in contact with their family and friends who are there, " she said.

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Before she went missing, Sierra, the mother of two, had been in regular contact with her family and friends, and told relatives she planned to take photographs at the Galata Bridge a tourist landmark that spans the Golden Horn waterway and is lined with fishermen.

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We were in front of the television all night and in contact with friends and family members.

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