カーリングオリンピック最終予選
女子はノルウェーに勝利して，オリンピック出場権を獲得しました。
男子は最終戦，中国に勝ち，3位となり，最後の椅子を狙う立場に。
中国vsアメリカ戦はアメリカが4-9で勝ち，オリンピック出場権獲得。
最後の椅子は日本と中国の間での争いとなりました。
女子はリーグ戦で負けたノルウェーとの連戦で，リベンジに成功しました。
男子は中国相手にリーグ戦では勝利を収めています。
中国相手に二連勝なるのか，日本時間，明日，午前8時から試合が始まります。
本日の将棋棋戦
銀河戦，藤井聡太竜王名人が服部慎一郎七段相手に
先手番角換わりの将棋，見事な指し回しで勝利して，
永瀬拓矢九段が待つ準決勝へ。
清麗戦予選，西山朋佳女流二冠vs木村朱里女流初段戦，
西山女流二冠が貫禄を見せて，勝利。
勝利した西山女流二冠は次局は榊菜々女流2級との対局，
負けた木村女流初段は再挑戦トーナメントへ回り，
室田伊緒女流三段との対局となります。
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split verb
uk /splɪt/ us /splɪt/
present participle splitting | past tense and past participle split
split verb (DIVIDE)
B2 [I or T] to (cause to) divide into two or more parts, especially along a particular line:
be split between The prize was split between Susan and Kate.
split something in something Split the aubergines in half and cover with breadcrumbs.
split someone/something (up) into something The teacher split the children (up) into three groups.
split something with someone informal I'll split (= share) this croissant with you.
His trousers split when he tried to jump the fence.
[+ obj + adj] The woman had split her head open (= got a long, deep wound in her head) when she was thrown off the horse.
spur verb [T]
uk /spɜːr/ us /spɝː/ -rr-
spur verb [T] (ENCOURAGE)
C2 to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster:
Rising consumer sales have the effect of spurring the economy to faster growth.
Spurred (on) by her early success, she went on to write four more novels in rapid succession.
dignity noun [U]
uk /ˈdɪɡ.nə.ti/ us /ˈdɪɡ.nə.t̬i/
the importance and value that a person has, that makes other people respect them or makes them respect themselves:
How could you wear something so indecent? Have you no dignity?
In hospital, she felt stripped of all her dignity.
He longs for a society in which the dignity of all people is recognized.
massacre noun [C]
uk /ˈmæs.ə.kər/ us /ˈmæs.ə.kɚ/
C2 an act of killing a lot of people:
He ordered the massacre of 2,000 women and children.
rabies noun [U] 「狂犬病」
uk /ˈreɪ.biːz/ us /ˈreɪ.biːz/
a serious disease of the nervous system that can cause death. Rabies can be passed on to humans by other animals:
Dogs, cats, foxes, and bats can all carry rabies.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
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