VOA慢速英语:Besties, Buds, BFFs ... Friends!

短语讲解：

1. For example, you can use a sentence like, “She befriended many Korean students while living in China.”

for example 例如
例句：For example, it can easily remember such things as:
例如，它可以轻易地记住下面这些信息。

2. When you are in need, the person who helps you through the difficult times is, indeed, a friend.

in need 在危难中，在危急中
例句：The difficulty that faces us is the number of those in need.
我们面临的困难是需要帮助的人数太多。

3. This may sound as if the friends are living a life of crime.

as if 好像， 似乎， 仿佛
例句：He looked as if he were offended.
看来好象有人触犯了他似的。

4. Today “thick as thieves” describes people who understand, trust and defend one another.

one another 互相
例句：Don't let us fall out with one another, for I couldn't bear it.
咱们可别闹别扭啦，因为我受不了。

5. So, people who are like peas in a pod have a lot in common.
 
in common 共有
例句：All three groups have many features in common.
整个三个组有许多共同的特点。

6. If two people are always together they are said to be attached at the hip, or joined at the hip, even if they are very different from each other.

each other 互相，彼此
例句：The guard hairs on either edge alternate with each other.
两侧的针毛相互交错在一起。

7. In other words, you don’t mix.

in other words 换句话说; 就是说
例句： In other words, the quality of the candidates was the decisive factor.
换言之，人才是最后的决定因素。