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US OPEN TENNIS 2023

錦織圭選手,残念ながら,左膝の状態が回復せず,棄権。
ラッキルーザーは,オーストラリアのダックワース選手でした。
女子シングルス,イギリスの宮崎百合子選手が予選を勝ち抜いて,
本戦入りしていました。
本日は24時より9番コートで綿貫陽介vsマナリノ戦があります。

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pickle verb [T]
UK /ˈpɪk.əl/ US /ˈpɪk.əl/
to put vegetables or fruit in a vinegar sauce or salty water and store them this way in a glass container:
The onions had been pickled in brine.

lacquer noun [U]
UK /ˈlæk.ər/ US /ˈlæk.ɚ/
lacquer noun [U] (WOOD/METAL)
a liquid that is painted on wood or metal and forms a hard, shiny surface when it dries
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

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ハワイ 山火事の被害拡大
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fan verb [T]
UK /fæn/ US /fæn/ -nn-
to blow air at a fire to make it burn more strongly

deadly adjective
UK /ˈded.li/ US /ˈded.li/
deadly adjective (VERY DANGEROUS)
B2 likely to cause death:
a deadly virus
a deadly weapon

bustling adjective
UK /ˈbʌs.lɪŋ/ US /ˈbʌs.lɪŋ/
If a place is bustling, it is full of busy activity:
This used to be a bustling town but a lot of people have moved away over recent years.
The house, usually bustling with activity, was strangely silent.

reduce verb [I or T]
UK /rɪˈdʒuːs/ US /rɪˈduːs/
To reduce someone or something to a particular state is to cause that person or thing to be in that state:
Without any information, we’ve been reduced to guessing what happened.
The town was reduced to rubble in the fighting.

chaos noun [U]
UK /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/ US /ˈkeɪ.ɑːs/
B2 a state of total confusion with no order:
Snow and ice have caused chaos on the roads.
Ever since our secretary walked out, the office has been in a state of total/utter chaos.
We muddled up the name labels and chaos ensued (= resulted).

mayhem noun [U]
UK /ˈmeɪ.hem/ US /ˈmeɪ.hem/
confused activity or excitement, sometimes involving destructive violence:
The movie includes a considerable amount of violence and mayhem.

you pronoun
UK /juː/ /jə/ /jʊ/ US /juː/ /jə/ /jʊ/
you pronoun (PERSON/PEOPLE ADDRESSED)
A1 used to refer to the person or people being spoken or written to:
you pronoun (PEOPLE GENERALLY)
A2 people in general: (from Cambridge Dictionary)

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The March On Washington (60 Years Later) | August 28, 2023
Today on CNN 10, we're going back in time to the March on Washington exactly 60 years ago. Then, we're taking a look at how drought is affecting the Panama Canal with possible impacts for commerce in the future. And we're examining toxic algae that's impacting wildlife and how one marine animal care center is doing their best to help sea lions. All that and a friendly animal weigh in on this episode of CNN 10.

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2023年8月28日分を聞きました。

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