greatest treasure

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandtreasure

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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treasure
noun
uk
/ˈtreʒ.ər/us
/ˈtreʒ.ɚ/
very valuable things, usually in the form of a store of precious metals, precious stones, ...
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(Definition ofgreatandtreasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It will be one of the world'sgreatesttreasurehouses of the humanities and sciences.
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You allowed this state of affairs to come about in a country blessed above all others with an abundance of thatgreatesttreasurethat any country can possess—coal.
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Here is a wealth of young human material, thegreatesttreasureany nation can possess, but what do we see?
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That, after all, is ourgreatesttreasure.
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Thegreatesttreasurethat a nation can have is its investment in men—and skilled manpower is precious for a nation's economic, social and other health.
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It was not for some fashionable, liberal cause, but rather a cry from the heart for this nation'sgreatesttreasure: the countryside.
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Hisgreatesttreasureis a camera which was given to him by his father.
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His goal is to find thegreatesttreasure.
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Thegreatesttreasureof this organ however is its action.
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Itsgreatesttreasureis a 17th-century gilded wooden altar.
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She sent a captain of her merchant fleet out in search of thegreatesttreasurein the world.
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Up to 50,000 manuscripts may have been kept there, one of thegreatesttreasuretroves of ancient documents found.
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One day when there was a fire, the goblin ran to save the poetry book, and realized that he thought the book thegreatesttreasurein the house.
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Pickler also connected with the song because of her husband, saying that for me, mygreatesttreasure is my best friend and my best friend is my husband.
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But, having said that, our wealth of country houses must be one of our greatest treasures.
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They have always been one of my greatest treasures.
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It is one of my greatest treasures.
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The natural environment is one of our greatest treasures, and yet we do not do enough to protect it.
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If he wishes he can travel abroad and see some of the greatest treasures bequeathed by history to mankind.
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It is one of the world's masterpieces of book painting and one of the nation's greatest treasures.
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