There are two mere children in the Narnian line.

纳尼亚队伍里有两个人，都不过是孩子。

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The mere fact of being poor makes such children criminals in the eyes of the police.

只因为贫穷就使得这群儿童成为警方眼中的罪犯。

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The many changing factors of the relationship need to be acknowledged, rather than hoping that the mere passage of time will magically connect parents to their adult children.

这段关系中的许多变化因素需要被正视，而不是单单寄希望于时间流逝就能神奇地把父母与其成年子女联系起来。

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At the end of a sandy track leading out of town into the surrounding scrubland, in a house made of rough-hewn branches covered in clay, Lucia Vieira looks after her two children while her husband is out earning a mere 5 reais a day as a farm labourer.

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The children were driven for around half a mile before being abandoned at the roadside in Mere Road.

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