Mercifully, a friend came to the rescue.

很幸运，一个朋友赶来解救了。

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One evening, a friend of mine, a French photographer, watched as a rescue crew pulled a sulfur-factory worker from the ruins of a five-story workers’ club in a nearby town.

一天晚上，我亲眼看见一个朋友，一名来自法国的摄影师临时充当了救援人员，从邻镇硫酸厂原本5层高的员工俱乐部废墟里拖出了一个工人。

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It was at this point that a friend asked me to travel with him to Southeast Asia. It was as if he heard my restlessness and came to my rescue.

就在此时，一个朋友仿佛看穿了我的烦躁，邀我去东南亚旅游。

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Lara then spends the majority of the game trying to rescue her friend before escaping the island.

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It amounted, in short, to a rescue for an old friend.

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Mr Mosley later suggested to a friend that the defendants had rehearsed a rescue plan six weeks before, jurors heard.

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