Stadium decrustationis

stadium ['stedɪəm]

n. 运动场;体育场;[医]（疾病的第…）期;

stadi = stand站，立+ um表场所 → stadium

for coming all this way from the city to talk to me about it.

从城里大老远赶来和我谈这件事。

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

脚踏两头要落空。

Some stories are for swallowing. Imagine that you have found a good story, and, what is even more important, the time to enjoy it. You might be on holiday, or on a long train journey. If it is a good book, you might say, It's so good I can't put it dow

“这本书太好了，我舍不得把它放下。”但是并非所有的故事书都属于这一类。书评家们有时把一些书说成是“难以释手”的书，或者是“难以再读”的书。