get stuck in this sentence
"It sometimes feels like I'm doing battle just to get to the grocery store,much less across town"

This sentence comes from one of ESL podcast lessons,taking about driving on the freeways.

I don't know the purpose of its meaning,I don't know how come "much less across town" can interact with "sometimes feels like I'm doing battle just to get to the grocery store"?i got it.thanks @Denis.now i know "much less" also have the meaning of "not to mention"

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get stuck in this sentence
"It sometimes feels like I'm doing battle just to get to the grocery store,much less across town"

This sentence comes from one of ESL podcast lessons,taking about driving on the freeways.

I don't know the purpose of its meaning,I don't know how come "much less across town" can interact with "sometimes feels like I'm doing battle just to get to the grocery store"?i got it.thanks @Denis.now i know "much less" also have the meaning of "not to mention"

Answer

It's the same as saying...

"It sometimes feels like I'm doing battle just to get to the grocery store, NOT EVEN MENTIONING GOING ACROSS A TOWN."

Basically, the person tries to say that, for some reason, it's hard for him/her to even go get groceries in a local store, so going across or around the town (to more distant places) is something almost impossible. Maybe lazy, maybe sick :)))

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Hello Rokr 

"Much less" is used to indicate that the second statement is even more unacceptable than the first statement. 

It sometimes feels like I'm doing battle just to get to the grocery store and getting across town is even more difficult.

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"It sometimes feels like I'm doing battle just to get to the grocery store,much less across town" 
我仅仅到食杂店都似乎是要经历一场大战，更别说穿过市中心了。

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