A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
朋友
Friend
I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming.
我有一个朋友住在芝加哥的南部。我在那里的一个教堂慈善机构帮忙，他们试图给一个绝望的地区带来一点凝聚力。每个人都非常欢迎。
For me and my husband, one of my biggest peeves is that I can't stand for an old friend or a woman to walk in the room and just run up and speak to my husband, but they don't talk to me.
对我和我丈夫来说，我最大的烦恼之一就是我不能容忍一个老朋友或一个女人走进房间，然后跑到我丈夫面前跟他说话，但是他们不跟我说话。
Then I got together with my brother and a friend and we decided to play dates. The more we played, the more we wanted to do it. And it got to a stage where we wanted to do it all the time.
然后我和我的哥哥和一个朋友聚在一起，我们决定一起玩。我们玩得越多，就越想玩。到了一个我们一直想做的阶段。
For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!
因为，如果一个人有什么值得称赞的地方，满足于此是愚蠢的虚荣心;如果这是滥用——为什么一个人总能从一个该死的好心肠的朋友那里听到这些呢?
It was from an old friend who thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, 'Life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier.'
是一位以为自己快死了的老朋友寄来的。无论如何，他说，生与死的问题不常发生，感谢上帝，所以不要把每件事都当作是生与死。更容易去。”
For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
因为在风平浪静或狂风暴雨的日子里，没有比姐妹更好的朋友了;在单调乏味的道路上给人打气，如果走错了路，就去找一个;如果蹒跚而行，就去扶一个;
I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry.
我有个朋友，她有五个孩子，她和她的丈夫试着分居，她没有时间难过。时不时地，她会给我打电话，然后哭个不停。
I kind of remember a friend of mine saying, like, you guys should make a rap record. You know, because we were already making punk records. We were a punk band. And I kind of thought, that's crazy.
我记得我的一个朋友说，你们应该做一张说唱唱片。你知道，因为我们已经在做朋克唱片了。我们是朋克乐队。我想，这太疯狂了。
I used to have friends come on tour and work as my drum tech, but they get bummed out when I have to tell them what to do. This time I'm just going to fly them out and let them hang. It's all good.
我曾经有朋友来巡演，做我的鼓师，但是当我告诉他们该做什么的时候，他们会很沮丧。这次我要把它们放出去，让它们挂着。一切都很好。
She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.
她是心灵的朋友。她把我召集起来。我是碎片，她把它们收集起来，按正确的顺序还给我。有个女人是你心灵的朋友，这很好。
Kylie and I were both taking piano lessons at the time and didn't think of acting. A friend rang mum up and said, 'How about bringing Kylie and Danielle in because they might be right for the part?'
凯莉和我当时都在上钢琴课，也没想过演戏。一个朋友打电话给妈妈说:“带凯莉和丹妮尔来怎么样，因为他们可能适合这个角色。”
Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than the rest but saw that we were in distress and would not desert us.
只有西班牙语在这里被理解或使用;我们的朋友，乡下人，非常高尚地支持我们，他理解我们并不比其他人好多少，但他看到我们处于困境，不会抛弃我们。
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A good friend knows all your best stories. A best friend has lived them with you.
一个好朋友知道你所有最好的故事。一个最好的朋友和你住在一起。
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
拥有朋友的唯一方法就是成为一个朋友。
I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.
当我把敌人当朋友时，我就消灭了他。
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
变化，像阳光一样，可以是朋友也可以是敌人，可以是祝福也可以是诅咒，可以是黎明也可以是黄昏。
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
当朋友遇到麻烦时，不要问他你能帮什么忙，以免惹恼他。想一些合适的事情，然后去做。