The choice is a terrifying one of no friendship and "boughten friendship," which really isn't friendship at all.

这个选择是可怕的,是不要友谊还是根本不能算是友谊的“,“买来的友谊“

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Better to go down dignified With boughten friendship at your side Than none at all. Provide, provide!

最好是庄严地从你这里结束,这段买来的友谊,这比什么都没有要好，给予，给予！

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You could see the kind of grim refusal to apologize for "boughten friendship," as a kind of, well, as a kind of apology for his own popular success.

你可以看到他无情地拒绝了,为“买来的友谊“道歉“,就像为他自己当红的成功,道歉一样。

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