磯谷祐維女流初段の右玉本が届く！etc. - 増田有華さんを応援しながら英語学習＋α

磯谷女流初段『実戦で学ぶ対振り右玉の勝ち方』

磯谷祐維女流初段のサイン本であったことや『高田明浩の右玉新時代』が
対抗形パート少なめだったので，それを補う意味でも買う価値がありそうということで
先日マイナビでポッチったのですが，本日，届きました。

本日の将棋棋戦

竜王戦6組決勝，藤本渚五段vs山下数毅三段戦，夕食休憩前にチェックしたときに，
山下三段寄りから藤本五段寄りとなり，この機会を逃さず，藤本五段が勝ち，
6組優勝を決めました。山下三段は6組優勝による四段昇段はなりませんでした。
前期，5組優勝から挑戦者となった伊藤匠七段の竜王戦ドリーム再現なるかですね。
竜王戦1組3位決定戦，久保利明九段vs伊藤匠七段戦，久保九段が勝利して，本戦へ。
伊藤七段は再挑戦ならず。

棋聖戦一次予選，高橋佑二郎四段が高野秀行六段，本田奎六段相手に連勝して，
デビュー二連勝のスタートダッシュに成功しました。

王将戦一次予選，飯島栄治八段が郷田真隆九段相手に得意の先手相掛かりで
勝ちました。羽生世代に二連勝ですね。

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guess what? phrase informal
A2 used before telling someone something interesting or surprising:
Guess what? We won the game 4–0.
He called me that morning and said, "Guess what? Coral and I are getting back together."
I worked up the courage to talk to them and guess what? Making friends isn't so hard after all.
You forgot to call to tell us you got in safely? Well, guess what? You wouldn't have had cellphone service anyway up at the cabin.
This is the killer's DNA, and guess what? It matches our suspect.

sarcasm noun [U]
UK /ˈsɑː.kæz.əm/ US /ˈsɑːr.kæz.əm/
the use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say, made in order to hurt someone's feelings or to criticize something in a humorous way:
"You have been working hard," he said with heavy sarcasm, as he looked at the empty page.
irony noun [U]
UK /ˈaɪ.rə.ni/ US /ˈaɪ.rə.ni/
irony noun [U] (TYPE OF SPEECH)
C2 the use of words that are the opposite of what you mean, as a way of being funny:
Her voice heavy with irony, Simone said, "We're so pleased you were able to stay so long." (= Her voice made it obvious they were not pleased.)
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enclave noun [C]
UK /ˈeŋ.kleɪv/ US /ˈɑːŋ.kleɪv/
a part of a country that is surrounded by another country, or a group of people who are different from the people living in the surrounding area:
Campione d'Italia is an Italian enclave in Switzerland.
exclave noun [C]
UK /ˈeks.kleɪv/ US /ˈeks.kleɪv/
a part of a region or country that is not connected to the main part but is surrounded by another region or country:
Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave pinched between Poland and Lithuania.

devastating adjective
UK /ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪŋ/ US /ˈdev.ə.steɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
devastating adjective (VERY HARMFUL)
C2 causing a lot of damage or destruction:
If the bomb had exploded in the main shopping area, it would have been devastating.
devastating consequences/effects The drought has had devastating consequences/effects.
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raw ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something as raw, you mean that it is simple, powerful, and real.
...the raw power of instinct.
...the raw vitality of his earlier painting.
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urgent adjective
showing that you think that something needs to be dealt with immediately
an urgent whisper
Her voice sounded urgent on the phone.
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dismiss verb
UK /dɪˈsmɪs/ US /dɪˈsmɪs/
dismiss verb (NOT TAKE SERIOUSLY)
C1 [T] to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering:
dismiss someone as something I think he'd dismissed me as an idiot within five minutes of meeting me.
Let's not just dismiss the idea before we've even thought about it.
dismiss something from something Just dismiss those thoughts from your mind - they're crazy and not worth thinking about.
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ジャーナリストたち，イスラエルとハマスの間の紛争を取材している/ が認められました，最も名誉な賞をもって/ アメリカのジャーナリズムにおいて。
Journalists covering the conflict between Israel and Hamas / have been recognized with the most prestigious awards / in U.S. journalism.
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ジャーナリストたち，イスラエルとハマスの間の紛争を取材している，が認められました，最も名誉な賞であるとされるものをもって、アメリカのジャーナリズムにおいて。
Journalists covering the conflict between Israel and Hamas have been recognized with what are considered to be the most prestigious awards in U.S. journalism.

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