Still, I understand that public opinion is split on whether to allot precious class hours to teaching English, or rather concentrate more on Japanese language education.
I just hope this issue will not end up as a case of "running after two hares and catching neither."
--The Asahi Shimbun, May 30 (IHT/Asahi: May 31,2008)
"I'm empty and aching and I don't know
why"／Counting the cars on the New Jersey
Turnpike／And they've all come to look for America……
關鍵字，〈America〉，賽門與葛芬柯的、我們的。
noun [C] (INFORMAL pike) US
a motorway which you usually have to pay to use:
the New Jersey TurnpikeWikipedia article "New Jersey Turnpike".
turn・pike
【史】通行料取立て門; 有料高速道路.
something that has advantages and disadvantages:
Getting into the team is a mixed blessing - it's good to have the place, but I'll have to spend a lot of time training.
run after sb/sth (CHASE) phrasal verb
to chase someone or something that is moving away from you:
Why do dogs run after cats?
She ran after me to hand me some papers I'd dropped.
monomania
noun [C or U]
when someone is too interested in one thing
monomaniac
adjective, noun ━━ n. 凝り屋; 偏執狂の人.
monomaniacal
adjective
His interest in personal fitness borders on the monomaniacal.
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