If Mary and Kate were friends, then to consort with Kate was one way of keeping in touch with Mary.

如果玛丽和凯特是朋友，那么与凯特交往就是与玛丽保持联系的一个途径。

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He had very pretty manners, and bowed in all directions, for he had young ladies' blood in his veins, and was accustomed to consort only with human beings; and that was of GREat consequence.

它的态度非常可爱：它向四周的人敬礼，因为它身体中流着年轻小姐的血液，习惯于跟人类混在一起，而这一点是非常重要的。

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Through the summer months Paulson, his aides like Ken Wilson in consort with Ben Bernanke and others were looking at alternative strategies for stabilizing Fannie Mae.

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The AFL-CIO never gave in to the temptation to consort with groups that were fronts for collaborators.

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