本日の将棋棋戦
叡王戦本戦，糸谷哲郎八段が本田奎六段に勝ち，
鈴木大介九段が待つ2回戦へ。
竜王戦2組ランキング戦，羽生善治九段vs藤井猛九段戦，
後手番藤井九段の角交換振り飛車。
夕食休憩あたりは藤井九段がよかったはずですが，
羽生九段が逆転勝ちで，2回戦へ。
棋聖戦二次予選準決勝，近藤誠也八段が郷田真隆九段に勝利し，
羽生九段九段が待つ決勝へ。
女流王位戦リーグ紅組，西山朋佳女流三冠vs内山あや女流初段戦，
先手番の内山女流初段がうまく指していたはずでしたが，相手の
「金」と「角」どちらをとるのかが，難しい分岐点だったようです。
西山女流三冠が勝ち，3勝0敗として，負けた内山女流初段が1勝2敗。
同じく女流王位戦リーグ白組，伊藤沙恵女流四段vs渡部愛女流三段戦，
先手番の伊藤女流四段が勝ち，3勝0敗，負けた渡部女流三段は1勝2敗。
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brace verb [T]
uk /breɪs/ us /breɪs/
brace verb [T] (PREPARE)
to prepare yourself physically or mentally for something unpleasant:
The weather forecasters told us to brace ourselves for a heavy storm.
setback noun [C]
uk /ˈset.bæk/ us /ˈset.bæk/
C1 something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing:
Sally had been recovering well from her operation, but yesterday she experienced/suffered a setback.
There has been a slight/temporary setback in our plans.
contain verb
uk /kənˈteɪn/ us /kənˈteɪn/
contain verb (CONTROL)
[T not continuous] to keep something harmful within limits and not allow it to spread:
Farms in the area have been closed off in an attempt to contain the disease.
More police were sent to help contain the violence.
fuel verb [T]
uk /ˈfjuː.əl/ us /ˈfjuː.əl/ -ll- or US usually -l-
to supply a system with a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power:
be fueled by Our heating is fuelled by gas.
We have a gas-fuelled heating system.
petrol/hydrogen-fuelled cars
flame noun
uk /fleɪm/ us /fleɪm/
flame noun (FIRE)
B2 [C or U] a stream of hot, burning gas from something on fire:
The flames grew larger as the fire spread.
burst into flames The car flipped over and burst into flames (= started burning immediately).
in flames When the fire engine arrived the house was already in flames (= burning).
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
stick
intransitive verb
: to remain in a place, situation, or environment
(from Merriam-Webster)
keep your/an eye out for someone/something idiom informal
C1 to watch carefully for someone or something to appear:
Keep your eye out for signposts to Yosemite.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
look to British phrasal verb
If you look to someone or something for a particular thing that you want, you expect or hope that they will provide it.
We look to others for support, for example in online groups. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
(from Collins)
loot verb [I or T]
uk /luːt/ us /luːt/
(usually of large numbers of people during a violent event) to steal from shops and houses:
During the riot shops were looted and cars damaged or set on fire.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
Back-Translation Training
私の最優先事項 / そしてほかの全ての人の優先事項は / 私たちにできる全てのことをすることです，命を守るために。
My top priority / and the priority of everyone else / is to do everything we can to protect lives.
●Transformation Training
私の最優先事項は，私にできる全てのことをすることです，命を守るために。
My top priority is to do everything I can to protect lives.
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Rain Brings Relief And Risks | January 27, 2025
Today on CNN 10 we go to the Middle East, where freed Israelis and Palestinians return to their homes as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. We also get an update out of Southern California ahead of forecasted rain that could bring fire relief while also threatening mudslides. And we check out the zoo debut of the newest panda pair in the US, before finding out why one sunfish in Japan had a case of the blues. All this and more on today's CNN 10!
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Indeed, Allah is with those who are patient.
(Qur'an 2:153)
