増田有華さんを応援しながら英語学習+α

増田有華ファンが英語学習に悪戦苦闘する日記

EL, アーセナル,劇的勝ち上がり!etc.

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

アーセナルvsベンフィカ戦,2-2(total 3-3)でアウェイゴール差で,
敗退危機を最近やっとゴールをあげだしたオーバメヤン選手の値千金のゴールで,
最後の希望のヨーロッパリーグ優勝に望みを繫ぎました。
UEFA.tvで次のラウンドのドローを見ましたが,
昨シーズンのリベンジマッチ,ギリシャオリンピアコスとの
対戦となりました。

本日の将棋棋戦

広瀬章人八段が豊島将之竜王叡王に負けたので,
斎藤慎太郎八段の名人挑戦は決まりましたが,
佐藤天彦九段との対局は熱戦となっております。

NHKラジオ講座

世界に発信!ニュースで英語術 #205

トランプ前大統領に無罪評決
TRUMP ACQUITTED IN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

acquit verb
UK /əˈkwɪt/ US /əˈkwɪt/ -tt-
[T often passive] to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime:
She was acquitted of all the charges against her.
Five months ago he was acquitted on a shoplifting charge.

incite verb [T]
UK /ɪnˈsaɪt/ US /ɪnˈsaɪt/
to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent:
She incited racial hatred by distributing anti-Semitic leaflets.
[+ to infinitive] She was expelled for inciting her classmates to rebel against their teachers.
They denied inciting the crowd to violence.

insurrection noun [C or U]
UK /ˌɪn.sərˈek.ʃən/ US /ˌɪn.sɚˈek.ʃən/
an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence:
armed insurrection

storm verb
UK /stɔːm/ US /stɔːrm/
storm verb (ATTACK)
[T] to attack a place or building by entering suddenly in great numbers:
The fortress was stormed by hundreds of soldiers.

conviction noun
UK /kənˈvɪk.ʃən/ US /kənˈvɪk.ʃən/
conviction noun (CRIME)
C2 [C or U] the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding someone guilty:
Since it was her first conviction for stealing, she was given a less severe sentence.
He has a long record of previous convictions for similar offences.
The conviction of the three demonstrators has caused public outrage locally.

fall short
C1 to fail to reach an amount or standard that was expected or hoped for, causing disappointment:
August car sales fell short of the industry's expectations.

本日のZoom会議に備えて,今年始めてワイシャツを着ましたが,
すべてのシャツに少し黄ばみがあり,一番マシなシャツを着ました。orz

Good night!