A general friend hates you to call him after he falls asleep. A true friend asks why you call now?

一个普通的朋友讨厌你在他睡了后打来。一个真正的朋友会问为什么现在才打来。

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If I have a 'tennis Lovers' Circle, I'd be happy to share and discuss all the tennis content that would normally bore my general friend group.

比如说我的其他朋友可能很反感我向他们推荐跟网球有关的内容，不过如果我有了一个‘网球爱好者’圈子，我会很乐于把所有讨论网球的内容都推荐给圈子里的好友。

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Tom was General of one of these armies, Joe Harper (a bosom friend) General of the other.

汤姆是其中一支军队的将军，乔·哈帕（他的知心朋友）是另一支军队的将军。

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Southern General Joe Johnston said: "Mr. Lincoln was the best friend we had.

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That's where I can have moral or immoral behavior toward my best friend or baby, or other people in general.

我可以选择道德和不道德的行为,对待最好的朋友，孩子或一般人。

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Interestingly, the airlines, not typically a friend of general aviation, have joined in the chorus.

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Once Margaret Thatcher had written to the Times declaring that the general had been Britain's friend in the Falklands, and should be allowed home at once, it may have been inevitable that William Hague, still in thrall to his mentor, would meekly parrot her line.

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In 1932, the general manager of the Peabody and his friend returned to the hotel after a weekend hunting trip.

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