据新牛津美语大词典释义，“灵魂魂伴侣”只是“一个人对另一个人作为亲密的朋友或浪漫的伙伴来说是理想合适的人选。”

According gto New Oxford American, a soulmate is just "a person ideally suited to another as a close friend or romantic partner."

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作为超级大国的亲密朋友，例如英国，又或是那些想要成为亲密朋友的国家，例如波兰和乌克兰，自愿承担起伊拉克的责任。

Special friends of the superpower, such as Britain, and those that wanted to become special friends, such as Poland and Ukraine, volunteered for duty in Iraq as well.

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作为孩子我们首先应该尊重我们的父母，把他们当作我们最亲密的朋友，让他们知道我们的兴趣是什么；

As children we should first show respect to our parents, looking on them as our close friends and letting them know what we are interested in.

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