"lieb und teuer" meaning in German

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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Hands off of my paranoia / I've always held it near and dear / Never has it betrayed me as coldly as you did",
          "ref": "2005, Element of Crime (lyrics and music), “Finger weg von meiner Paranoia”, in Mittelpunkt der Welt",
          "text": "Finger weg von meiner Paranoia / Die war mir immer lieb und teuer / Nie ließ sie mich so kalt im Stich wie du",
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      "glosses": [
        "cared about deeply, near and dear"
      ],
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          "near and dear",
          "near and dear"
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        "(idiomatic) cared about deeply, near and dear"
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
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        "predicative"
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  "word": "lieb und teuer"
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        {
          "english": "Hands off of my paranoia / I've always held it near and dear / Never has it betrayed me as coldly as you did",
          "ref": "2005, Element of Crime (lyrics and music), “Finger weg von meiner Paranoia”, in Mittelpunkt der Welt",
          "text": "Finger weg von meiner Paranoia / Die war mir immer lieb und teuer / Nie ließ sie mich so kalt im Stich wie du",
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        "cared about deeply, near and dear"
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) cared about deeply, near and dear"
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
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        "predicative"
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  "word": "lieb und teuer"
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