Many of us may have a long list of Facebook friends, but only two truly close friends we feel we can confide in. That's shrunk from an average of three most had 25 years ago, a study finds.
You Gotta Have Friends? Most Only Have 2
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You gotta be very angry. From an American movie. My intuation is that is to say you are really very angry or it seems you are angry. Why the guy used gotta here. gotta implies force, like saying you have to be very angry that means ** you do not have any other choices** I have my doubts if the speaker ment something like that!
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