In our life, we may have a nodding acquaintance with many people, but we probably have only one true friend.

我们一生中可能会有很多的泛泛之交，但是真正的朋友可能就那么一个人。

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A little potted friend will be there for you, always nodding to you with encouragement.

有位盆栽小友会在此陪伴你，它总是频频点头，给你鼓励。

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"Two generations of Shimon, " he laughs, nodding at a framed photo of Shimon Peres, Israel's president and a close friend, cradling Milchan's baby.

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And yet, until what my friend Karen McGrane refers to as bionic hearing is no longer stigma-free, people will go on nodding blankly to vowel sounds they cannot distinguish.

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