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It's surprising how (1) ...... (friend) changes. When people are young, they have a large number of friends with whom they are in (2) ...... (day) contact. As teenagers, they often become more (3) ....... (select) and their circle of friends is normally smaller. However, the (4) ...... (important) of friends and (5) ...... (relation) grows. Teenagers often prefer to confide in a best friend, while being completely uncommunicative with all adults. Later, people develop different 'levels' of friends. Their circle of friends starts to (6) ...... (broad) and they have different groups to relate to - those who live in their neighbourhood, colleagues, people they just say 'hi' to, along with family and close friends.