Oh so he didn't say friend, you're just adding that part yourself? And he didn't protect his identity either and basically told everyone here exactly who it was?
I guess your English is bad.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/associate_2someone who is closely connected to another person as a companion, friend or
business partnerKey word: OR.
or 1 (ôr; r when unstressed)
a. Used to indicate an alternative,
usually only before the last term of a series: hot or cold; this, that, or the other.
Back to school?
Are you even fluent in English? How does that have
anything to do with this?
The penultimate term means nothing. All terms are equal in an OR statement.