Like most F.O.B. 's - Friends of Bill - the person did not want to be quoted by name, swearing by the wedding's code of silence.

就像大多数F.O.B.s——比尔的朋友——一样，这个人不愿透露姓名，以婚礼的沉默誓言起誓。

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That is like a child explaining a playground scrap on the lines of "Bill was friends with Phil so when Phil beat Bill up I joined in too."

这像是依据了一个孩子对操场上的一次小殴打进行解释的方式“Bill与Phil是好朋友，所以当Phil揍Bill时，我也加入了。”

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Bill is a thirty-five-year-old father whose friends are concerned about the large number of cigarettes he smokes each day.

比尔是一个三十五岁的父亲，他的朋友正为他每天抽掉大量香烟而担忧。

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If you want to travel with a group of friends and split the bill, (for example).

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