「いくら僕でも」と「相手には」と「二人の男を」が分かりません
すいません、英語で書いて日本語で下手ですよ。

Hi,
Hoping for some help here. I am playing a video game and came across a sentence I just cannot understand. Here's the context:

Two friends are staying in a hotel. When returning to their room they can hear someone inside. Suddenly their door opens and two people burst out of the room and run away. The friends think they might have been thieves. One friend says it was good that they got away. The other responds with 「逃げってよかった？どうしてよ？」and this is his response:

いくら僕でも二人の男を同時に相手にはできないよ。

Try as I might I just cannot understand this sentence. The grammar and syntax are tough (笑). I can guess at its meaning "No matter how (strong) I am I cannot (fight) two guys at once" (parentheses used for implied meaning) but that ignores the "相手には".

Hoping there are some Japanese experts who can help. :-)

Jason

Question

「いくら僕でも」と「相手には」と「二人の男を」が分かりません
すいません、英語で書いて日本語で下手ですよ。

Hi, 
Hoping for some help here. I am playing a video game and came across a sentence I just cannot understand. Here's the context:

Two friends are staying in a hotel. When returning to their room they can hear someone inside. Suddenly their door opens and two people burst out of the room and run away. The friends think they might have been thieves. One friend says it was good that they got away. The other responds with 「逃げってよかった？どうしてよ？」and this is his response:

いくら僕でも二人の男を同時に相手にはできないよ。

Try as I might I just cannot understand this sentence. The grammar and syntax are tough (笑). I can guess at its meaning "No matter how (strong) I am I cannot (fight) two guys at once" (parentheses used for implied meaning) but that ignores the "相手には".

Hoping there are some Japanese experts who can help. :-)

Jason

Answer

どういたしまして。

Answer

Uedaさん、ありがとうございました。

Answer

相手にする [do] 
⇒相手にできる [can do] 
⇔相手に (は) できない [can't do (at all)]

Answer

even for me（いくら僕でも）／two men at a time （二人の男を同時に）／fight （相手にする）／it is impossible to do something （～することはできない）

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〔You know I am strong, but〕It is impossible even for me to fight two men at a time.

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