In fact, there is another type of friend—one that has not been with us for a long period of time, but fills our mind at some moment.

事实上，还有另一种朋友，他虽然很长一段时间没有和我们在一起，但却会在某个时刻充满我们的心灵。

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Maybe it's something you've been struggling with for a long time, or maybe it was a piece of advice you learned from a friend.

也许是你一直长时间思考着的问题，又或者是从朋友那学到的一条忠告？

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Mr Dell stuck up for his friend for a long time.

戴尔先生长久以来一直维护这位朋友。

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Let's say you've heard about a friend of a friend for a really long time.

假设你早就听说过一个你朋友的朋友。

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On April 4, 1968, King was scheduled to be in Durham to help campaign for a long-time friend, a Black candidate running for governor of North Carolina.

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Summarising the case for the defence was Dale Bumpers , a long-time friend of the president, and former Democrat senator for Arkansas.

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"Pat was my broadcasting partner for a long time, but more than that he was my friend for all of these years, " Madden said in a statement.

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