This was a society with similarities to the modern one—moving goods on a gigantic scale, manufacturing high-quality containers to do so, and occasionally, even discarding them on delivery.
They rebuilt the house on an even more lavish scale than before.
他们重造了房子，规模甚至比以前更大。
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This was a society with similarities to a modern one—moving goods on a gigantic scale, manufacturing high-quality containers to do so, and occasionally, as here, even discarding them on delivery.