マイナビ，里見女流四冠，QFで敗退！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

マイナビ女子オープン準々決勝，里見香奈女流四冠vs大島綾華女流初段戦，
後手番里見女流四冠の中飛車対抗形超速，大島女流初段の指し手が冴え，
里見女流四冠相手に完勝と言ってもいい内容でした。
大島女流初段は準決勝，加藤桃子女流四段との対局となります。

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女流名人戦予選，榊菜吟女流2級vs崎原知宙女流2級戦，
相三間飛車の将棋でした。榊女流2級が先輩の意地を見せて，
崎原女流2級，デビュー戦黒星スタートとなりました。

竜王戦2組ランキング戦，郷田正隆九段vs佐藤和俊七段戦，
郷田九段が勝ちました。
竜王戦4組ランキング戦，中座真七段の復帰戦，
中座七段にうっかりがあったようで，阿部光瑠七段相手に
早めの投了となってしまいました。

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ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」(2023年12月28日)

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engulf verb [T]
UK /ɪnˈɡʌlf/ US /ɪnˈɡʌlf/
to surround and cover something or someone completely:
The flames rapidly engulfed the house.
be engulfed by/in Northern areas of the country were engulfed by/in a snowstorm last night.
The war is threatening to engulf the entire region.

faction noun [C] mainly disapproving
UK /ˈfæk.ʃən/ US /ˈfæk.ʃən/
a group within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group:
the left-wing faction of the party

fail verb
UK /feɪl/ US /feɪl/
fail verb (NOT DO)
B2 [I] to not do something that you should do:
[+ to infinitive] He failed to arrive on time.
fail to The staff had been promised a rise, but the money failed to (= did not) materialize.
You couldn't fail to be (= it is impossible that you would not be) affected by the movie.
fail in I'd be failing in my duty if I didn't tell you about the risks involved in the project.**

learn verb UK /lɜːn/ US /lɝːn/
B1 [I or T] to be told facts or information that you did not know:
learn of We were all shocked to learn of his death.
[+ (that)] I later learned (that) the message had never arrived.
learn about I only learned about the accident later.

funnel verb
UK /ˈfʌn.əl/ US /ˈfʌn.əl/ -ll- or US usually -l-
[T usually + adv/prep] to send something directly and intentionally:
funnel something to someone/something No one knows who has been funnelling weapons to the terrorists.
These laws ensure that local revenue for education is funelled into schemes overseen by the local education authority.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

Back-Translation Training
私たちは日本で始めます / そこでは主な与党である自由民主党がもがいています / 深まりつつある金銭のスキャンダルで。
We start in Japan, / where the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party is struggling / with a deepening money scandal.
●Transformation Training
日本のニュースからお伝えします，そこでは主な与党である自由民主党がもがいています，深まりつつある金銭のスキャンダルで，いくつかの党内の派閥を巻き込んできた。
We start in Japan, where the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party is struggling with a deepening money scandal that has engulfed several party factions.

英語ニュースで読み解く2023年(2023年12月28日)

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extinguish verb [T]
UK /ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ US /ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
extinguish verb [T] (FIRE/LIGHT)
to stop a fire or a light burning:
It took the firefighters several hours to extinguish the flames. to extinguish a cigarette

agent noun [C]
UK /ˈeɪ.dʒənt/ US /ˈeɪ.dʒənt/
An agent is also a chemical substance, organism, or natural force that produces a particular effect by its action.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)