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竜王戦,小山アマが勝ち進む!etc.

本日の将棋棋戦

本日は白玲女流順位戦A級/B級の対局がありました。
西山朋佳女流二冠,伊藤沙恵女流名人は今週,番勝負を入れて3局ある一方で,
里見香奈女流五冠はまったく対局なしという1週間ですね。
今期,何故か西山女流二冠に強い加藤桃子女流三段が
西山女流二冠に土をつけて,西山女流二冠(1)が3勝1敗,
加藤女流三段(3)も3勝1敗。
伊藤女流名人(2)が上田初美女流四段(10)に勝ち,
単独首位の4勝0敗,上田女流四段は1勝3敗となりました。
加藤圭女流二段(5)が中井広恵女流六段(4)に勝ち,
2勝2敗,中井女流六段は初日出ず,0勝4敗。
中村真梨花女流三段(9)が甲斐智美女流五段(6)に勝ち,
2勝2敗,甲斐女流五段も2勝2敗。
山根ことみ女流二段(7)が渡部愛女流三段(8)に勝ち,
2勝2敗,渡部女流三段は1勝3敗となりました。

4勝0敗 伊藤女流名人(2)
3勝1敗 西山女流二冠(1), 加藤女流三段(3)
2勝2敗 加藤女流二段(5), 甲斐女流五段(6), 山根女流二段(7), 中村女流三段(9)
1勝3敗 渡部女流三段(8), 上田女流四段(10)
0勝4敗 中井女流六段(4)

なお,B級の香川愛生女流四段(6)vs岩根忍女流三段(7)戦は,
香川女流四段が勝ち,3勝1敗,岩根女流三段は0勝4敗となりました。

竜王戦6組ランキング戦,小山怜央アマが平藤眞吾七段に勝ちました。
本当に強いですね。2月13日の棋士編入試験第4局が楽しみですね。

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ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」(2023年1月23日分)

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McCARTHY ELECTED U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER

standoff noun [C]
UK /ˈstænd.ɒf/ US /ˈstænd.ɑːf/
a situation in which agreement in an argument does not seem possible
Synonym stalemate
stalemate noun [C or U]
UK /ˈsteɪl.meɪt/ US /ˈsteɪl.meɪt/
a situation in which neither group involved in an argument can win or get an advantage and no action can be taken:
Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
Despite long discussions, the workers and the management remain locked in stalemate.

Speaker noun [C]
UK /ˈspiː.kər/ US /ˈspiː.kɚ/
the person who controls the way in which business is done in an organization which makes laws:
He served for eight years as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
[as form of address] Mr Speaker, my honourable friend has failed to consider the consequences of his proposal.

chamber noun
UK /ˈtʃeɪm.bər/ US /ˈtʃeɪm.bɚ/
chamber noun (ROOM)
[C] formal
a room used for a special or official purpose, or a group of people who form (part of) a parliament:
Meetings of the council are held in the council chamber.
a torture chamber
There are two chambers in the British parliament - the House of Commons is the lower chamber, and the House of Lords is the upper chamber.

get off to a good start phrase
to begin an activity successfully:
I didn't get off to a very good start this morning - I'd been at work five minutes and my computer stopped working!
United got off to a good start with a goal in the fifth minute of the game.
The idea is to help preschoolers get off to a good start.
The French team got off to a good start in the relay but trailed behind Spain later in the race.
The day didn't get off to a very good start with one child sick and the other refusing to go to school.

shaky adjective
UK /ˈʃeɪ.ki/ US /ˈʃeɪ.ki/
shaky adjective (WEAK) not firm or strong:
It was a shaky marriage from the start.
The building’s foundations are pretty shaky.
Shaky also means uncertain:
The agreement is still shaky and hasn’t been approved yet.

1859年,講座で触れられているように,横浜港正式開港していますが,
この年は悪名高い安政の大獄吉田松陰が斬首されています。
ダーウィンの『種の起源』が刊行された年でもあります。

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