久保女流2級がデビュー戦勝利！etc. - 増田有華さんを応援しながら英語学習＋α

本日の将棋棋戦

女流名人戦予選，新人対決の梅津美琴女流2級vs久保翔子女流2級戦，
相振り飛車，後手番の久保女流2級が勝ち，デビュー戦を白星で飾りました。
次局は北村桂香女流初段との対局，棋士の妻vs棋士の娘対決です。

竜王戦6組ランキング戦，所司和晴七段vs伊藤沙恵女流名人戦，
これまで所司七段に二連勝中だった伊藤女流名人でしたが，
この対局では終始，後手番の所司七段に形勢が振れていて，
無念の初黒星となりました。所司七段は次局は塚田泰明九段との対局。
竜王戦3組ランキング戦，遠山雄亮六段vs大橋貴洸六段戦は
大橋六段が勝ちました。

渡辺明名人，新型コロナウイルス罹患ということで，明日の竜王戦は延期，
日曜日のSUNTORY杯は欠席となりました。

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ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」(2022年12月14日分)

新型コロナの国産飲み薬供給開始
JAPAN LOOKS TO NEW MEDICINE, COMBINATION TEST KITS

look to PHRASAL VERB TRANSITIVE
(look to something) to direct your thoughts or attention to something
The party needs to look to the future and forget its past problems.

prescribe VERB TRANSITIVE
if a doctor prescribes a drug or treatment, they say you should have it
The drug should not be taken unless prescribed by a doctor.
prescribe someone something: He was prescribed a course of antibiotics.
prescribe something for something: This drug is one of the most commonly prescribed for arthritis.
inscribe VERB TRANSITIVE
to write or cut words on or in something, especially as a record of an achievement or in order to honour someone
inscribe something with something: a gold watch inscribed with her initials
inscribe something on something: The names of all the dead were inscribed on the monument.
transcribe VERB TRANSITIVE
to write, type, or record something exactly as it was said
I was transcribing their testimony for the court records.
manuscript‌ NOUN COUNTABLE
a writer’s original pages of a book, article, or document before it is published
Please send me a copy of your manuscript when it’s finished.
postscript NOUN COUNTABLE
a message that you write at the end of a letter or email, usually below the place where you sign your name
(from macmillan dictionary)

「ゾコーバ」はいろいろと問題が指摘されているようですが。。。

ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」(2022年12月21日分)

中国江沢民元国家主席が死去
JIANG ZEMIN REMEMBERED FOR GUIDING CHINA'S ECONOMIC RISE

remember‌‌‌ VERB
TRANSITIVE to think about someone with respect, honour, or positive feelings
Please remember him as he recovers from his recent operation.
She will be remembered with affection by many people in the town.

leukemia
the American spelling of leukaemia
leukaemia NOUN UNCOUNTABLE
a type of cancer affecting your blood

credit with PHRASAL VERB TRANSITIVE
(credit someone with something) to say or believe that someone is responsible for a particular achievement Clinton credited Mike Boorda with bringing peace to Bosnia.
be widely/generally/wrongly credited with something: Fairlie is widely credited with inventing the phrase ‘the Establishment’.

clout NOUN INFORMAL
UNCOUNTABLE the authority to make decisions, or the power to influence events
It is a system in which individual voters have more clout.
political/financial/economic clout: The government has less political clout than the opposition on this issue.

dismiss VERB TRANSITIVE
OFTEN PASSIVE to force someone to leave their job
Edwards claimed that he had been unfairly dismissed.
dismiss someone for something: He was dismissed for gross misconduct.
dismiss someone from something: Jackson was dismissed from her job because of the allegations.
(macmillan dictionary)