カーリングオリンピック最終予選
混合ダブルス，チェコが韓国に9-3で勝ち，6勝1敗でならび，
1位がチェコ，2位が韓国となり，5勝2敗の日本は3位となり，
オリンピック出場ならず。ラトビア戦の大逆転負けが痛かったなあ。
もう一つの組の最終戦，オーストラリアが中国に勝ち，6勝1敗でならび，
こちらも最終戦でならんだチームが逆転の1位となる展開。
オランダが勝てば，3チームが並ぶ事になったのですが，オランダが
ニュージーランドに負けて，手痛い敗戦。5勝2敗で3位。
1位オーストラリア，2位中国となり，プレーオフは
チェコvsオーストラリア戦，韓国vs中国戦となりました。
日本の脱落により，アジア勢ゼロの可能性もあります。
本日の将棋棋戦
叡王戦四段予選，午前中の準決勝は両者秒読みの大激戦，
先手番の齊藤優希四段が徳田拳士四段に勝ち，
吉池隆真四段が待つ午後の決勝へ。
決勝は齊藤四段が勝利して，四段予選を勝ち上がりました。
おめでとうございます。
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ferment verb [I or T]
uk /fəˈment/ us /fɚˈment/
If food or drink ferments or if you ferment it, it goes through a chemical change because of the action of yeast or bacteria, which may cause it to produce bubbles or heat, or turn sugars in it into alcohol. :
You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol.
Sauerkraut and kimchi are both essentially fermented cabbage.
herald verb [T] formal
uk /ˈher.əld/ us /ˈher.əld/
to be a sign that something important, and often good, is starting to happen, or to make something publicly known, especially by celebrating or praising it:
The president's speech heralds a new era in foreign policy.
be heralded as This drug has been heralded as a major breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer.
race verb
uk /reɪs/ us /reɪs/
race verb (HURRY)
C1 [I or T, usually + adv/prep] to move or go fast:
He raced down the street.
race someone to something The ambulance raced (= quickly took) the injured to a nearby hospital.
race by The summer seems to have raced by (= passed very quickly).
He raced the car engine (= made it work faster than it needed to) as he sat impatiently at the traffic lights.
turnip noun [C] 「カブ」
uk /ˈtɜː.nɪp/ us /ˈtɝː.nɪp/
a rounded, white root that is eaten cooked as a vegetable, or the plant that produces it
batch noun [C]
uk /bætʃ/ us /bætʃ/
a group of things that are dealt with or produced at the same time, or a group of people who are similar in some way:
Stores have been asked to trace any potentially contaminated batches.
The latest batch of reports suggests the economy is slowing down.
54,000 letters will be sent out, in batches of 3,000 a day.
Batch orders are more cost-effective than purchasing in smaller quantities.
There will be a five-day training course for our latest batch of recruits.
yellowtail noun [C or U] 「ブリ，ハマチ，ヒラマサ」
uk /ˈjel.əʊ.teɪl/ us /ˈjel.oʊ.teɪl/
plural yellowtail or yellowtails (also yellowtail snapper, uk/ˌjel.əʊ.teɪl ˈsnæp.ər/ us/ˌjel.oʊ.teɪl ˈsnæp.ɚ/
plural yellowtail snapper or yellowtail snappers)
a name for several types of fish that have a yellow tail:
There was no sign of any yellowtail in the area.
This teriyaki dish uses either tuna or yellowtail.
Yellowtail snapper are plentiful in the Caribbean so you can pretty much guarantee catching one.
I've seen yellowtail snappers on the menu here.
cure verb [T]
uk /kjʊər/ us /kjʊr/
cure verb [T] (PRESERVE)
to treat food, tobacco, etc. with smoke, salt, etc. in order to preserve it:
cured meats
slather verb [T]
uk /ˈslæð.ər/ us /ˈslæð.ɚ/
to spread something thickly on something else:
She slathered lotion on/all over her body.
She slathered her toast with butter.
garnish verb [T]
uk /ˈɡɑː.nɪʃ/ us /ˈɡɑːr.nɪʃ/
garnish verb [T] (decorate food)
to decorate food with a small amount of different food:
garnish something with something Garnish the dish with parsley before serving.
pickle verb [T]
uk /ˈpɪk.əl/ us /ˈpɪk.əl/
to put vegetables or fruit in a vinegar sauce or salty water and store them this way in a glass container:
be pickled in The onions had been pickled in brine.
snap verb
uk /snæp/ us /snæp/ -pp-
snap something up phrasal verb with snap verb
informal to buy or get something quickly and enthusiastically because it is cheap or exactly what you want:
The tickets for the concert were snapped up within three hours of going on sale.
The fall in property prices means that there are a lot of bargains waiting to be snapped up.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
slip 1 /slɪp/ ●●● S3 W2 verb (slipped, slipping)
put something somewhere [transitive always + adverb/preposition]
to put something somewhere quietly or smoothly
Ann slipped the book into her bag.
A letter had been slipped under his door.
Carrie slipped her arm through her brother’s.
(from Longman)
大昔のTOEIC L&Rテストではたまに料理ネタが出て，なかなか文書を読んでも
イメージできないことがありましたが，その大きな原因は貧困な語彙力に
起因していました。
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