The poor little dear!

可怜的小宝贝！

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I warn you, my little dear, there's no more room in the wagon.

我警告你，我的小宝贝，马车里已经没有地方了。

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Their baby's a dear little thing.

他们的宝宝真是个小乖乖。

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"If she reminds you a little of Dear Abby, it's because she is a little like Dear Abby with what seems a greater seriousness of purpose and far more professional authority in the advice she is handing out, " wrote the New York Herald Tribune in 1958.

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Oh, my dear little brother!

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