Mr. Wong, a retired sign maker who speaks English, can still get by with his Cantonese, which remains the preferred language in his circle of friends and in Chinatown’s historic core.

王先生以前是做招牌的，现在退休了，会说英语。 由于他的朋友圈和唐人街的历史核心区仍是使用广东话为主，他还可以用他的广东话勉强应付日常生活。

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No leading power is able to have friendly relations with every country in the world, thus the core of competition between China and the United States will be to see who has more high-quality friends.

没有一个大国能够与世界上每一个国家都保持友好关系，因此，中美竞争的核心就是谁能够有更高质量的朋友。

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This is their motherland and that fact is at the core of what keeps people in line, no matter how much they complain online or with their friends.

这是他们的祖国，无论他们怎么在网上或者和朋友抱怨，这个事实都让他们规规矩矩的。

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Now, as the Social Democrats begin to run out of steam, Mr Klaus and his core of friends, though still behind in the opinion polls, think they have a chance of getting back at the next election, due at the latest next year.

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At the band's core are a few old friends who started Broken Social Scene four years ago.

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He said the tragedy "has deeply shocked family and friends to the core".

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