常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

picking up where he left off two decades ago

大統領選のその後の話題をもうひとつ。今度はロムニーです。
ここのpicking up where he left off two decades agoというのはどのような意味でしょうか。ブログでも取り上げた気もしますが、まあ復習のつもりでどうぞ、EnDoughへのプレゼントです。(UG)


BOSTON — They predict he will write a book, convinced that the daily diary he kept on the campaign trail would make for a compelling read.

Mitt and Ann Romney at a rally Monday in New Hampshire. Aides are speculating about what he will decide to do next.

They speculate that he will return to the corridors of finance, where his reputation as a savvy chief executive and investor remains unblemished.

They suspect that he could take on a major role in the Mormon Church, picking up where he left off two decades ago.

In conversations over the past 24 hours, friends, aides and advisers to Mitt Romney have begun turning their attention to an issue that until now they have never had to consider: his next move.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/us/politics/for-romney-all-his-career-options-are-still-open-except-one.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121109