ドジャース，ワールドシリーズ制覇！etc. - 増田有華さんを応援しながら英語学習＋α

MLB World Series

ワールドシリーズ第5戦，ドジャースは5点ビハインドから追いついて，
7-6で逆転勝ち，4年ぶり8度目のワールドシリーズ制覇となりました。
ヤンキースのエラーが続いた5回表はライブでは見ていないのですが，
ジャッジ選手のエラーは痛かったなあ。
フリーマン選手がMVPに輝きました。

NPB 日本シリーズ

日本シリーズ第5戦，横浜ベイスターズが敵地で3連勝で，
日本一に王手をかけました。ビジターチームが勝っている今シリーズ，
横浜ベイスターズがリーグ3位からの下剋上を成し遂げるのか，
第6戦が楽しみな展開となりました。

本日の将棋棋戦

王将戦リーグ，近藤誠也七段(4)が羽生善治九段(2)に勝利して，
3勝1敗として，西田拓也五段(5)と並んで，トップ並走となりました。
負けた羽生九段は1勝3敗となり，苦しい展開となっています。

王位戦予選準々決勝，行方尚史九段が斎藤明日斗五段に勝利して，
松尾歩八段の待つ準決勝へ。
同じく王位戦予選準々決勝，佐藤天彦九段が小山直希四段に勝利して，
準決勝へ。

NHK ラジオ講座

ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」

ガザ地区戦闘1年紛争拡大
FIGHTING ONGOING, CEASEFIRE TALKS REMAIN STALLED

unaccounted for adjective
uk /ˌʌn.əˈkaʊn.tɪd ˌfɔːr/ us /ˌʌn.əˈkaʊn.t̬ɪd ˌfɔːr/
If a person is unaccounted for, it is not known where they are or whether they are still alive:
A fire on the ship killed a hundred or more passengers - some likely victims are still unaccounted for.

grave adjective
uk /ɡreɪv/ us /ɡreɪv/
seriously bad:
a grave situation

stall verb
uk /stɔːl/ us /stɑːl/
[I] to stop making progress: Japan's economic growth has stalled, with industrial production contracting in June for the fourth straight month.

pound verb [I or T]
uk /paʊnd/ us /paʊnd/
B2 to hit or beat repeatedly with a lot of force, or to crush something by hitting it repeatedly:
I could feel my heart pounding as I went on stage to collect the prize.
Nearly 50 people are still missing after the storm pounded the coast.
be pounded to The city was pounded to rubble during the war.
pound on He pounded on the door demanding to be let in.
pound away She was pounding away on her typewriter until four in the morning.

gridlock verb [T]
uk /ˈɡrɪd.lɒk/ us /ˈɡrɪd.lɑːk/
to put something or someone in a situation in which no progress can be made:
The result would be to divide the country and gridlock the government.

rift noun [C]
uk /rɪft/ us /rɪft/
something that divides partners or friends:
The border dispute caused a rift between Canada and the US.

desperately adverb
uk /ˈdes.pər.ət.li/ us /ˈdes.pɚ.ət.li/
desperately adverb (SERIOUSLY)
B2 extremely or very much:
He was desperately ill.
They desperately wanted a child.
UK She always seems to be desperately busy!
UK He was desperately in love with her.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

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