It was also carved by the Phoenicians, and the same skil1 was adapted to even more precious work in ivory.

它也是由腓尼基人雕刻的，并且同样的技艺被用于制作更为珍贵的象牙制品。

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When the war was near, Alia was worried that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more precious to her than mountains of gold.

战争临近的时候，艾丽娅担心战火会烧毁那些对她来说比金山还珍贵的书。

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Beauty coming from within is more precious.

内在美更加宝贵。

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the ax has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore.

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It makes our life fragile, ephemeral, and as a result of that, more precious.

它让我们的生命脆弱，短暂，因此而更珍贵。

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Yet Sigismund Blondy, being who he was, found Zwelish all the more precious for his touchiness.

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But in this case, he is trying to protect something much more precious, the watering hole.

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