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I'm having some trouble parsing this sentence:

> ピーターのことを、どうかよろしくお願いします

The translation by my interpretation is something along the lines of "As to
Peter I will leave it in your hands" (i.e. I will let you take care of Peter).
However I am confused at what the precise role of どうか is in this sentence.
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meaning word-usage
Use of どうか in this sentence?
Semantically there's no difference between with and without どうか in your
phrase. As @Eddie Kal correctly points out in the comment, どうか just makes it
more polite.

Examples:

  * どうか助けてください。
  * どうか行かないでください。

Do not mix it up with どうかする, which means something like "to become crazy".
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