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増田有華ファンが英語学習に悪戦苦闘する日記

ダルビッシュ好投,1勝1敗へ!etc.

MLB

ドジャースvsパドレス戦,第2戦はダルビッシュ有投手が先発。
ドジャース大谷翔平選手を抑えて,パドレスは後半打線が爆発して,
2-10と大勝して,対戦成績を1勝1敗のタイに。

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レバノンで携帯通信機の爆発相次ぐ
LEBANON ROCKED BY SECOND DAY OF EXPLODING DEVICES

rock verb
uk /rɒk/ us /rɑːk/
rock verb (MOVE)
[T] If a person or place is rocked by something such as an explosion, the force of it makes the person or place shake:
The explosion, which rocked the city, killed 300.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

catch up with idiom
: to begin to affect (someone) usually in a bad way
All those late nights are really starting to catch up with me!
Old age catches up with everyone in the end.
(from Merriam-Webster)

lace /ˈleɪs/ verb laced; lacing
: to add something that gives flavor or interest to (something) — usually used as (be) laced with
a sauce laced with garlic [=a sauce that has had garlic added to it]
conversation laced with sarcasm
Her reports were often laced with witty humor.
(from Britannica)

walkie-talkie noun [C]
uk /ˌwɔː.kiˈtɔː.ki/ us /ˌwɑː.kiˈtɑː.ki/
a small radio held in the hand, used for both sending and receiving messages:
The policeman was speaking to the station on his walkie-talkie.

detonate verb [I or T]
uk /ˈdet.ən.eɪt/ us /ˈdet̬.ən.eɪt/
to (cause something to) explode:
The device detonated unexpectedly.
A remote control device was used to detonate the bomb.

hint verb [I]
uk /hɪnt/ us /hɪnt/
to say or do something that shows what you think or want, usually in a way that is not direct:
[+ (that)] Mum's hinted (that) she might pay for my trip to Mexico.
hint at He's hinted at the possibility of moving to Canada.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

Back-Translation Training
レバノンの人々は巻き込まれています / 死者を伴う攻撃の2日目に / 携帯機器を使った。
People in Lebanon have been caught up / in a second day of deadly attacks / using mobile devices.

Transformation Training
レバノンの人々は巻き込まれています,死者を伴う攻撃の2日目に,携帯機器を使った,爆発物を仕込まれた。
People in Lebanon have been caught up in a second day of deadly attacks using mobile devices laced with explosives.

English News

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