We just started talking to friends about the stuff we are doing and our network of relationships started sending us business.

我们只是向朋友们谈论我们正在做的事情，接着我们关系网中的人们开始找我们做生意。

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And almost all the other things we think make us happy actually are just ways of getting more family and friends.

而其它带给我们幸福的事情实际上就是获得更多“家庭”更多朋友的方法。

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Just because we work at home, it doesn’t mean we are sitting around waiting to do favors for our cubicle-dwelling friends and family.

我们在家里工作，却不代表我们可以坐在那里为我们室友或家人做一些喜欢的事。

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And we will ensure that these sanctions are vigorously enforced, just as we continue to refine and enforce our own sanctions on Iran alongside our friends and our allies.

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"Of course, it is not just the lifeboat crews we should remember, but also their families and friends, who too are prepared for Christmas to be disturbed by the call of the pager, " he added.

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