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ポステコグルーがスパーズ監督に!etc.

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トッテナム・ホットスパーの監督にポステコグルー氏が就任。
セルティックの新監督が誰になるのか,それに伴って,
日本人選手たちがどのようになるのか,予断を許さないですね。

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本日未明の男子シングルス4回戦,西岡良仁選手は残念ながら
ストレート負けで,錦織圭選手以来のベスト8ならず。
左足の付け根を痛めたようですが,2セット連続でベーグルを
焼かれそうだったところから,最後,意地の1ゲーム奪取でした。

本日行われた女子シングルス準々決勝,サバレンカvsスビトリーナ戦は
サバレンカ選手のストレート勝ち。サバレンカ選手,ネットで待っていましたが,
スビトリーナ選手は握手せずに,退場。
男子シングルス準々決勝,ジョコビッチvsカチャノフ戦は,カチャノフ選手が
第1セット奪取のスタート。

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Enjoy Simple English(2023年6月6日)

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Cheating

cheat verb
US /tʃiːt/ UK /tʃiːt/
B2 [I or T] to behave in a dishonest way in order to get what you want:
Anyone caught cheating will be immediately disqualified from the exam.
He cheats at cards?
She cheated on the test by copying from the boy in front.
I suspect he cheats on his taxes (= avoids paying as much tax as he should).
They cheat people by charging too much for construction materials.
[I] informal to have a secret sexual relationship with someone who is not your husband, wife, or usual sexual partner:
She found out that he'd been cheating on her.
I've been cheated on before, and it's awful.
I love my wife and I would never cheat.
What would you do if you caught your partner cheating?
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」(2023年5月23日)

ゼレンスキー氏 “バフムトかつての広島に似る”
ZELENSKYY STRESSES RESOLVE TO DEFEND, REBUILD UKRAINE

burn (something) to the ground phrase
to completely destroy a building by fire:
The building was burned to the ground ten years ago.
The local police station was recently burned to the ground.
Three people died and over fifty businesses burned to the ground in the riots.
More than twenty homes were burned to the ground in the wildfires.
Hundreds of protestors broke into the hall and burned it to the ground.

artillery noun [U]
UK /ɑːˈtɪl.ər.i/ US /ɑːrˈtɪl.ɚ.i/
very large guns that are moved on wheels or metal tracks, or the part of the army that uses these:
Naval gunfire and ground-based artillery are generally less accurate than many aircraft-borne weapons.
;以前,辞書をコピペしましたが,忘れていました。orz
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

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