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They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart had simply craved and yearned over them without the least hope of possession.	Eran peines costosos, ella sabía, y su corazón había anhelado y había anhelado simplemente sobre ellos sin la menos esperanza de la posesión.
And of course, as they were expensive, they were generally empty.	Y por supuesto, como eran caras, estaban generalmente vacías.
First off, they were expensive to produce, making them less than cost effective.	Primero lejos, eran caros para producirlos, haciéndolos menos que rentables.
He looked at shirts and trousers, but they were expensive.	Miró zapatos y camisas, pero eran caros.
So I went to ask the doctor for the prices and they were expensive.	Y fui a preguntar al doctor por los precios y eran caros.
That's why they were expensive.	Es por eso que eran tan caros.
Telecommunication lines used had slow connection even though they were expensive.	Las líneas de telecomunicaciones utilizadas sufrían una conexión lenta pese a que eran muy caras.
That's why they were expensive.	Es por eso que eran tan caros.
Of course, they were expensive.	Desde luego, eran caros.
And the tiles, they were expensive.	Y la cenefa, esa es cara, ¿sabes?
If one of these bricks fell it was a catastrophe because they were valuable, they were expensive, costly.	Si se caía uno de estos ladrillos se convertía en una catástrofe, porque eran un tesoro, eran costosos, costaban.
Indeed, it is worth noting that Germany ramped up renewables when they were expensive–and, in doing so, helped make them inexpensive.	Ciertamente vale la pena señalar que Alemania dio impulso a las energías renovables cuando eran caras y al hacerlo, contribuyó a hacerlas económicas.
This learning by doing phenomenon (as economists call it) means that investing early makes sense: if governments had not started supporting those technologies when they were expensive, their cost would not have dropped as much as it has.	Este fenómeno de aprender haciendo (como lo llaman los economistas) significa que invertir tempranamente tiene sentido: si los gobiernos no hubieran comenzado a apoyar esas tecnologías cuando eran caras, su costo no habría disminuido tanto.
It is only after the beginning of the 19th century that useful chronometers were being built and even then they were expensive and during the first half of the century many ships were still sailing without them.	Solamente a partir de principios del siglo 19 se empezaron a fabricar cronómetros útiles y eran muy caros por lo que durante la primera mitad del siglo muchos buques todavía navegaban sin cronómetro.
Solar cells made of selenium never became a success and no industrial mass production was started as they were expensive and they had a bad efficiency rate at a half percent in turning light to electricity.	Las células solares hechas de selenio no se convirtió en un éxito y no la producción industrial masiva se inició como eran caros y tenían un índice de eficiencia de la natación en un porcentaje medio de convertir la luz en electricidad.
I didn't buy a smartphone until this year because they were expensive and I didn't have the money.	No compré un teléfono inteligente hasta este año porque eran caros y no tenía el dinero.
They were expensive, but I guess they're worth it	Costaron caros, pero creo que merecen la pena.
They were expensive, but I guess they're worth it.	Serán caras, pero creo que lo valen.
They were expensive and accessible to a few and the results were not natural.	Eran caros y accesibles a pocos, y los resultados no eran naturales.
We bought the wines directly from the vineyard. They were expensive, but worth it.	Compramos los vinos directamente del viñedo. Fueron caros, pero valieron la pena.