> 「恋愛成就のお守りを託されたくらいで、自己改革が出来る程度のものだったとは思えないの。」

What purpose does くらいで serve in this sentence? How would you translate it?
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translation meaning particle-くらい
I'm not sure about this くらいで
> 「恋愛成就{れんあいじょうじゅ}のお守{まも}りを託{たく}された **くらいで**
> 、自己改革{じこかいかく}が出来{でき}る程度{ていど}のものだったとは思{おも}えないの。」

If this were a written sentence, I would simply ask its author to rewrite it
as it is not very clearly written. The 「思えないの」 ending, however, suggests that
it is a **_spoken_** line, so I will try not to sound too judgy here.

Unless the larger context proves otherwise, the 「～～くらいで」 should describe how
trivial, unimportant, etc. the preceding part (~~) is in comparison to what
follows. Using the actual words, here is the structure of this "sentence".

"恋愛成就のお守りを託された was all that happened (which is quite trivial since a love
charm is a hit-or-miss kind of thing) and I still do not think that it was
自己改革が出来る程度のもの."

> "Sure, a love charm was left in my keeping, but who could have thought that
> it would be as super-effective as to make you accomplish self-reform? (Not
> me!)"
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