vriend Englisch:

He's my friend.

My friend ended up taking the rap for a crime he didn't commit.

You should be frank, and they will treat you as a friend.

I wonder what has become of the friend I used to go fishing with.

My friend recommended that I shouldn't buy an iPad yet, but to wait until I see what Apple's competitors come out with.

Pretending to be a friend, the man robbed old people of their social security checks.

The other day when I stopped by at a friend's house, it wasn't my friend that came out of the front door, but her husband.

My friend broke up with his girlfriend and now he wants to go out with me.

In preparation for painting a portrait, my friend takes many photographs in order to study the subject closely.

My friend here is not only a pianist, but also a composer.

I feel restless when I have to wait too long for my friend to show up.

The girl in the red dress ignored the man dressed in black and called a friend on her cellphone.

Even though my friend was a vegetarian, I didn't tell him that the soup had some meat in it.

When he returned, he brought a baseball cap and gave it as a present to his friend.

I called up my friend to congratulate him on his success.

a plumber’s mate

Nicola’s not my girlfriend – she’s just a mate.

Where is the mate to this sock?

We've been mates since our school days.

Alright mate! What's up?

I’m going out with my mates tonight.

We can conjecture that it may be advantageous for a particular bird to be known to its neighbors or its mate.

My uncommonly well-made sneaker lasted 5 years. Its mate did not.

What can I get for you mate?

successful males may mate with many females

Some of my classmate are now my workmates. A flatmate

Domestic animals shouldn't mate with the wild ones.

The two classmates maintained their friendship for the next forty years.

A male bird usually has brighter feathers to attract a mate.

Christopher Columbus was notorious for repeatedly snoozing his alarm clock by hitting it with his fist. Unfortunately, his "alarm clock" was usually his first mate.