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sworn brotherhood

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a casual acquaintanceship

the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

a hedge between keeps friendship green.

deep friendship(implying a readiness to die for each other)

turn of the century

a nodding acquaintance bowing acquaintance

a nodding acquaintance

eight points of paying attention to fumigation of the poultry house in the end of spring

the friendship of pestle and mortar

companionship with a powerful person is never to be trusted.

they are friends that are ready to die for each other.

after the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries,blows from the west came racing down on russia thick and fast.

spiritual friendship between a noble and a commoner; be hand and glove with eath other

a casual acquaintance

sincere friendship

the berenstain bears and the trouble with friends

friendship based on power and influence

the maritime groups in the borderlands between fujian and guangdong in the late ming dynasty: classification, locality relationship and organization

very intimate friendship; a bosom friend

once-met acquaintance

the turn of the millennium

at the end of winter and the beginning of spring

close and intimate friendship

(between friends) mutual devotion so deep as to be willing to lay down one’s life

cross between the south song and north song dynasties

friends of monks

intimate friendship; sworn brotherhood

sworn friend; sworn friends