To be very close friends
Быть очень близкими друзьями (byt ochen blizkimi druz'yami)
"They've been thick as thieves ever since childhood."
"Они были неразлучны с самого детства." (oni byli nerazluchni s samogo detstva)
being well known or highly visible in public
a place where authority or control is exercised
to make a great effort to help or please someone
to face a difficult situation directly and with courage
to cry a lot due to sadness
a controversial issue that no one wants to handle