They show the plants the same affection they show for their wives or children. There is a proverb about Rota farmers: the farmer of Rota touches each tomato plant at least forty times a day.

说起罗塔的农民，有句谚语是这样说的： 罗塔农民每天至少要触摸每一株番茄四十次。

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When we finally get home to our husbands or wives and children, and they want to talk about their days with us, we have no energy left to listen.

当我们回到丈夫(妻子)和孩子的身边，他们想和我们交流他们的一天时，我们再也没有一丝精力来聆听了。

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Ali's father had several wives and many children. Ali thinks that he will have just one wife and maybe one or two children.

阿里的父亲有几个妻子和许多孩子，但是阿里认为他只要一位妻子，或许一到两个孩子。

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They forget the names of their husbands, wives or children.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

It would criminalize undocumenteds who are here, but more than that, it criminalizes people who act on very humanitarian values by providing assistance, food, shelter to undocumented, who have them living as their husbands, wives or children.

NPR: Standing Against an Immigration Bill

The letters are from the children or wives of those we've found dead, wishing them luck and telling them that they're loved, that they should be very careful on the journey, that the family's prayers are with them, that the family's hopes are with them.

BBC: Arizona: Naming the dead from the desert

This sect teaches that to enter heaven, men must have three or more wives and as many children as possible.

ECONOMIST: Just part of being free?