She is in chains, and just because it's ornament just because it has the diminutive, doesn't mean that it's not a chain.

她被带上了“小“链子，它的“小“,或“装饰性“都不能改变它是一条锁链这个事实。

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So platina is like a diminutive of silver, but we now know that platinum is far superior to silver It is far more noble. It has a higher melting point, a higher chemical inertness, a fantastic metal.

所以普拉塔就像一个小小的银，但我们现在知道普拉塔比银要好很多,更为珍贵，熔点更高，化学惰性更高，是一种非常不可思议的金属。

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