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'see too little of ...'

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00I don't understand very well the meaning of this expression I have read in this paragraph from "Pride and Prejudice": 02br
00'I would have been better if she had stayed at home,' cried Elizabeth. 'Perhaps she meant well, but in a time of such a misfortune as this, one cannot SEE TOO LITTLE OF one's neighbours' 02br
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00many thanks in advance, jo 0-
  

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0 Hi guest, 02br 02br 00Jane Austen is well known for her subtle humour. 02br 02br 00'Perhaps she meant well, but in a time of such a misfortune as this, one cannot SEE TOO LITTLE OF one's neighbours' 02br 02br 00She means that in a time of crisis, you don't want to see your neighbours at all, because hey will only compound your misery, and then go and spread the gossip. 0-

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  • 0 Hi guest, 02br 02br 00Jane Austen is well known for her subtle humour.
  • 02br 02br 00'Perhaps she meant well, but in a time of such a misfortune as this, one cannot SEE TOO LITTLE OF one's neighbours' 02br 02br 00She means that in a time of crisis, you don't want to see your neighbours at all, because hey will only compound your misery, and then go and spread the gossip.
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0 Hi guest, 02br
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00Jane Austen is well known for her subtle humour. 02br
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00'Perhaps she meant well, but in a time of such a misfortune as this, one cannot SEE TOO LITTLE OF one's neighbours' 02br
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00She means that in a time of crisis, you don't want to see your neighbours at all, because hey will only compound your miser
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0 haha, yes, if my little sis ran away with an officer, I'd hide from my neighbors as well... 0-
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