1. A sensible arrangement is to have all of the members of the family call to check in with a friend or relative who lives more than a hundred miles away.
    明智的安排是，让所有的家人都给一个住在一百多英里之外的朋友或亲戚打电话，以报平安。

2. "When is he going — your friend?"
    "你的朋友，他什么时候走？"

3. Although our families met through a mutual friend, many Indian families meet through advertisements placed in national newspapers.
    我们两家是通过一位共同的朋友认识的，但许多印度家庭则是通过全国性报纸上刊登的广告而相识的。

4. "Well, old friend," said one of the officers. "What can we do for you, now you are retired?"
    "喂，老朋友，"一个海关官员说，"你已退休了，还有什么要效劳的吗？"

5. Another close friend died last month after a year of struggling with cancer.
    另一个好朋友在与癌症搏斗了一年之后也于上个月去世。

6. Yours affectionately: way of ending a letter to a friend or relative
    你的亲爱的（给亲友写信时结尾用语）

7. You're my psychic friend."
    你真是我的心灵之友。"

8. She deluded me into thinking she was my friend.
    她使我误以为她是我的朋友。

9. She gets very skittish when her boy-friend is around.
    她男朋友在场时, 她就显得格外轻佻.

10. She remained as Helen´s tutor and friend for fifty years.
    在以后的那五十年里，她一直是海伦的朋友兼家庭教师。