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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a friend then" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are addressing someone in a friendly manner or suggesting a friendly relationship in a conversation.
Example: "I appreciate your honesty, and I hope you can understand my perspective as a friend then."
Alternatives: "in a friendly way" or "as a companion then."
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Because participants were only asked to list their closest friend for the survey, it is not always the case that if Oscar listed Matt as a friend, then Matt also listed Oscar as a friend.
Then according to a statistical model that Christakis and Fowler created based on the data, if Oscar lists Matt as a friend, Matt is 13% more likely to become obese, whereas if Matt lists Oscar as a friend, then Matt is 57% more likely to become obese.
We can be reasonably confident that when someone names someone else as a friend, then the namer feels close to or esteems the namee.
Add everyone you know as a Friend, then anyone from your school, and eventually branch out to other scene kids.
If the girl admits that she likes you but only as a friend, then take back foot.
If you don't like him in any way, as a crush or even just as a friend, then don't tell him that 'you can still be friends.' It will make him continue to like you.
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Its British heroine marries a gay American man as a favor to a friend, then makes the madcap move of trying to marry someone else.
Surely, you might argue, if it feels as if George were a friend, then that should be enough.
These were the now dead Russian wolfhounds she had adopted many years ago, as a favor to a friend, then devoted herself to for the rest of their lives.
The Los Angeles police and district attorney's office first approached O. J. Simpson as an old friend, then later as a big catch; they were, at turns, remarkably solicitous and opportunistically grandstanding — conscious, either way, of how his celebrity might benefit them.
Samberg saw an early draft of the movie back in 2009 when Jones asked him to read it "as a friend", and then liked it so much he kept dropping subtle hints about being in it.
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