One of them is, that a very poor man discovered the diamond but it is of no use to a hungry man, so he traded the diamond for three spoons.

其中一个是，一个非常贫穷的人发现了这颗钻石，但是这对于一个饥饿的人来说并没有用，于是他想用这颗钻石换三把勺子。

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Another said she waited three years before telling her husband she had dropped one of the diamond earrings he'd given her down the sink.

另一位女性说，她把老公送给自己的一对钻石耳环丢了一只，时隔三年之后才对老公坦白。

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Diamonds are no longer a girl's best friend, according to a new U.S. study that found three of four women would prefer a new plasma TV to a diamond necklace.

钻石不再是女孩们最爱，据一项最新的美国调查显示：四分之三的女性更偏爱一台新型等离子电视，而非一条钻石项炼。

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For three months after Simon's death, I worked day and night on my diamond lens.

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Due to a lack of permanent freshwater on most of the islands, it is likely the Ngaro lived in mainland Australia, venturing across the sea on canoes made from three diamond-shaped pieces of bark bound together with fibrous roots.

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It was one of three major diamond lots sold during the auction of 369 lots held during two sessions Tuesday.

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The only public statue of a monarch to be erected in Guernsey was that of Queen Victoria at Candie in 1900 - three years after her diamond jubilee.

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