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> 同級生の男の子を **全部束にしてもかなわない** ほど頻繁にハリーは散髪させられたが、...  
>  Harry was made to get a haircut so often that _even if you made the boys in
> his class into a complete bundle it would not rival it_

The meaning is clear (I think): "Harry was made to get a hair cut more often
than the rest of his classmates put together", but there's no way I could have
made this sentence myself.

There are two parts that are confusing me:

  1. I can't find 全部束 in the dictionary (bilingual or monolingual). It doesn't have that many hits on Google either. Is this a common word/compound? Some other examples would help, please.
  2. I'm not comfortable with the use of the verb かなう. "To rival" implies some sort of competition. I feel I had to stretch the meaning a bit to get the English translation. Again, I think some similar examples of this usage may help me to feel happier about this verb.
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meaning parsing
Usage of 全部束 and かなう
1. 全部 here works as an adverb. It's functioning the same way as in...

> 髪を **全部** まとめる  
>  ケーキを **全部** 食べる

「[束]{たば}にする」 means "put ~~ together". This 束 is like "a group/bunch (of
people)". cf: 「束になる」

> 子供たちが **束になって** 掛かってきた。  
>  The children「attacked me **in a group** [｟口｠ganged up on me].  
>  (プログレッシブ和英中辞典)

  2. I think かなう ([敵]{かな}う) here means "match" "equal" or "compare" (「[匹敵]{ひってき}する」). 

> 彼にはかなわない。 I am no match for him.  
>  彼にかなう者はいない。 No one can match him. / He has no equal/rival.

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> 同級生の男の子を全部束にしてもかなわないほど頻繁にハリーは散髪させられたが...  
>  I'm not comfortable with the use of the verb かなう. "To rival" implies some
> sort of competition.

意味は分かるんですけど、私も、ちょっと変な文だなっていう感じがします。「散髪の頻度」で、人に「かなう」とか「かなわない」とか、あんまり言わないと思うので・・・
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