These are principles which I have held dear all my life.

这些原则是我一生中所非常重视的。

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I swear on all I hold dear that I had nothing to do with this.

我拿我所在乎的一切发誓我与这件事情无关。

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"This sudden change in our house is all your doing, my dear Pinocchio," answered Geppetto.

“我亲爱的皮诺乔，我们家这些突然的变化全是你带来的呀！”杰佩托回答说。

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That was a story that surely was near and dear to the hearts of Many ancient Israelites and Ancient Near Eastern listeners, so all the elements are there for the retelling of that story.

这个故事必然对一些人来说亲近又珍贵,对那些古代以色列和近东的听众，那就具备了复述故事的一切要素。

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She can't get in to heaven anyway. So she says: "Dear Mary: I am a bastard and a bastard shall not enter the kingdom of heaven as we all know. But I have this personality that makes boys follow me.

反正她是怎样也升不进天堂的，所以，她写道，亲爱的玛丽：,我是一个私生子，我不能进入天堂,众所周知，但我拥有吸引男孩的独特个性。

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That encouraged them to take out some pretty risky bets, which ended up costing us all dear.

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We know that there are common aspirations we all hold dear.

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But writers having their work illegally copied and sold is not: this is the beginnings of the assertion of the basic IP rights that we all hold dear.

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