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  • 11Precious Blood Hospital — Precious Blood Hospital, a private organisation, was founded in 1937 by the Congregation of the Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood.The hospital is located in the Sham Shui Po area of West Kowloon in Hong Kong. It is a Roman Catholic Christian… …

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  • 12Precious kitties — are a series of 24 collectible plastic kittens released in 1998 by Topps.The Complete ListThis list shows all the kitties and a brief description of each.Lily 3 weeks old. Lives at Frank s Flower Shop.Flutter 6 weeks old. Likes to chase… …

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  • 13precious few — very small number, very little …

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  • 14PRECIOUS STONES AND JEWELRY — In the Bible Precious stones are mentioned in various contexts in the Bible, the most comprehensive list appearing in the description of the breastpiece worn by the high priest. The breastpiece was set with 12 precious stones arranged in four… …

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  • 15Precious (Boukenger) — nihongo|Precious|プレシャス|Pureshasu are fictional artifacts that are the focus for each Task (episode) of the Japanese tokusatsu series GoGo Sentai Boukenger . For an artifact to be considered a Precious, it must be physically or technologically… …

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  • 16precious — pre|cious1 [ˈpreʃəs] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: precios, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium; PRICE1] 1.) something that is precious is valuable and important and should not be wasted or used without care precious… …

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  • 17precious — preciously, adv. preciousness, n. /presh euhs/, adj. 1. of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals. 2. highly esteemed for some spiritual, nonmaterial, or moral quality: precious memories. 3. dear; beloved: a precious… …

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  • 18Precious metal — A precious metal is a rare metallic chemical element of high economic value. Chemically, the precious metals are less reactive than most elements, have high luster, are softer or more ductile, and have higher melting points than other metals.… …

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  • 19precious — [[t]pre̱ʃəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you say that something such as a resource is precious, you mean that it is valuable and should not be wasted or used badly. After four months in foreign parts, every hour at home was precious... A family break… …

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  • 20precious — pre|cious1 [ preʃəs ] adjective ** 1. ) worth a lot of money: VALUABLE: a precious jewel historic houses with rare and precious contents a ) loved or valued by someone: a precious memory Her daughter is the most precious thing in the world to her …

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