"He loved those. Would have liked to have kept them, but he knew better."
"What does the last sentence mean?
I'm reading a book called "bodily harm" by Marc Berrenson, and I will be asking many questions about this book.
I hope you can help. Thanks!
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I have not read the book but it sounds interesting. Since I don't know the book, I can only make an assumption about the meaning of the sentences. "He loved something but knew that it was not a good thing to keep what he loved."
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He loved those. He would have liked to have kept them, but he knew that there would be trouble if he did.
He knew better than to swim in that area. = He knew that there might be problems swimming in that area and so did not swim there.
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