They used to be close friends.

他们曾经是亲密无间的好朋友。

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Mr. Archie and we got to be close friends.

我们同阿齐先生成为亲密的朋友了。

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People ask how we got to be close friends.

人们问我们是如何成为好朋友的。

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Through Yale you know a lot of people and they don't have to be close friends but they are acquaintances.

通过耶鲁，你能认识很多人,这些人不一定是亲密的好朋友,他们只是相识的人。

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So, the fact that you are similar to your friends at Yale might just be because you are close to your friends at Yale and people who are at Yale tend to be fairly similar to one another.

所以如果你和你在耶鲁的朋友相似,可能只是因为你们很相近,在耶鲁的学生彼此之间比较相似。

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