今井絢1級が女流棋士転向！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

王位戦挑戦者決定リーグが開幕。
渡辺明名人が前期白組優勝者の池永天志五段に勝ち，
白星発進。棋王戦に向けて，いいスタートとなりました。
棋王戦予選，藤本渚四段が大石直嗣七段相手に，
負け将棋を大逆転勝ちして，デビュー以来の連勝を6に伸ばしました。
棋王戦予選，次は新人キラーの今泉健司五段相手なので，
ここを突破すれば，年度内全勝行けるような気がします。

今井絢1級が奨励会を退会して，女流棋士登録。
今井女流1級となりました。同志社大学在学なんですね。
なかなか女流棋士登録しないので，藤井聡太竜王のところへの
嫁入り準備でもう女流棋士にはならないのかと邪推していました(笑)。

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野生動植物の違法取り引き急増
INTERPOL CRACKING DOWN ON ILLEGAL WILDLIFE, TIMBER TRADE

seize verb
UK /siːz/ US /siːz/
[T] If the police or other officials seize something, they take possession of it with legal authority:
Customs officers at Heathrow have seized 60 kilos of heroin.

trafficking noun [U]
UK /ˈtræf.ɪ.kɪŋ/ US /ˈtræf.ɪ.kɪŋ/
the act of buying or selling goods illegally:
arms/drug trafficking
He was wanted on charges of trafficking in stolen property.

seizure noun
UK /ˈsiː.ʒər/ US /ˈsiː.ʒɚ/
seizure noun (TAKING)
[C or U] the action of taking something by force or with legal authority:
seizure of power/property/control
Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30 percent this year.

tortoise noun [C]
UK /ˈtɔː.təs/ US /ˈtɔːr.t̬əs/
an animal with a thick, hard shell that it can move its head and legs into for protection. It eats plants, moves very slowly, and sleeps during the winter.

reptile noun [C]
UK /ˈrep.taɪl/ US /ˈrep.taɪl/
C1 an animal that produces eggs and uses the heat of the sun to keep its blood warm

alert noun
UK /əˈlɜːt/ US /əˈlɝːt/
C1 [C or U] a warning to people to be prepared to deal with something dangerous:
a bomb alert
The army was put on (full) alert as the peace talks began to fail.
The public were warned to be on the alert for (= watching carefully for) suspicious packages.

smuggling noun [U]
UK /ˈsmʌɡ.lɪŋ/ US /ˈsmʌɡ.lɪŋ/
the act or process of taking things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally:
The murdered man is thought to have been involved in drug smuggling.
Nine people are in custody in the Netherlands charged with people smuggling.

「インターポール」と聞くと，「銭形警部」が浮かんでしまいます(笑)。
『ルパン三世』での描写のために，インターポールについて，誤った印象を
持っているひとも多いハズ。

"Searches at an airport in Thailand resulted in the seizure of 81 tortoises found hidden in snack bags inside a passenger's luggage."

luggageという不可算名詞に不定冠詞aがついているけど，
「その場限りの特別感」を出すためなんだなあ。

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