"I'm a fan of your programme. Recently I've watched the classic film The Lord of the Rings. There's one line that puzzles me. It's: "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." What exactly does it mean? Thank you for your help."
Stephon from Tianjin
Have you ever seen the film The Lord of the Rings?
One of the characters in it says: "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
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In this Question and Answer of the Week, Feifei and Rob analyse the meaning of this line by explaining the word 'half' and exploring its different uses.
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