UEFA Champions League
リーグフェーズ最終節が終わりました。アーセナルは8勝0敗で首位通過。
最終節で，リーグフェーズでの順位に大きな影響があった試合は，
ベンフィカvsレアル・マドリー戦でした。ベンフィカが4-2で勝利して，
プレーオフ圏内の24位に飛び込むとともに，負けたレアル・マドリーは
9位に転落して，プレーオフ行きとなりました。
プレーオフの抽選は1月30日に行われます。
Australian Open 2026
女子シングルス準決勝，第1試合はサバレンカ選手が圧倒し，2-0(6-2, 6-3)の勝利。
第2試合はリバキナ選手がペグラ選手に，2-0(6-3, 7-6)で勝ちました。
決勝は，サバレンカvsリバキナ戦，WTA Finals決勝の再戦となりました。
女子ダブルス準決勝，柴原瑛菜・ズボナレワ組は第4シードペア相手に
ストレート負けで，決勝進出ならず。
本日の将棋棋戦
棋聖戦二次予選決勝，山﨑隆之九段が阿部光瑠七段に勝ち，
決勝トーナメント進出を決めました。
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avalanche noun [C]
uk /ˈæv.əl.ɑːntʃ/ us /ˈæv.əl.æntʃ/
a large amount of ice, snow, dirt, or rock falling suddenly and quickly down the side of a mountain
fig. An avalanche is also the sudden arrival of too many things:
We received an avalanche of complaints.
fear verb
uk /fɪər/ us /fɪr/
B2 [T; not continuous] formal
to be worried or frightened that something bad might happen or might have happened:
[+ (that)] Police fear (that) the couple may have drowned.
it is feared that formal It is feared that as many as two hundred passengers may have died in the crash.
it is feared He is, it is feared, at risk of torture if he is sent back to his homeland.
We huddled together, fearing we might be killed.
[+ to infinitive] Fearing to go herself, she sent her son to find out the news.
trap verb [T]
uk /træp/ us /træp/ -pp-
be trapped
B2 If someone or something is trapped, that person or thing is unable to move or escape from a place or situation:
The building collapsed and we were trapped.
refuse noun [U] formal
uk /ˈref.juːs/ us /ˈref.juːs/
refuse noun [U] (GARBAGE)
worthless or unwanted objects or materials; garbage:
We separate refuse from recyclables.
dump site
noun [ C ] (also dumpsite)
uk /ˈdʌmp ˌsaɪt/ us /ˈdʌmp ˌsaɪt/
(also dumping site)
a place where unwanted material is left, sometimes illegally:
The dump sites are loaded with hazardous and unstable chemicals.
The county had more than 100 illegal dumpsites, the highest in the region.
Local residents asked for sludge from the former dumping site to be inspected.
rubbish noun [U]
uk /ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/ us /ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/
B1 UK (US garbage, trash)
waste material or things that are no longer wanted or needed:
I forgot to put the rubbish out this morning.
Put the empty box in the rubbish bin.
Take the old furniture to the rubbish dump.
swallow verb
uk /ˈswɒl.əʊ/ us /ˈswɑː.loʊ/
swallow verb (TAKE AWAY)
[T] If something large swallows (up) another thing, it makes it disappear or stop existing separately by making it part of itself:
An increasing amount of the countryside is being swallowed (up) by the town.
Many small businesses have been swallowed (up) by large companies.
landfill noun [C or U]
uk /ˈlænd.fɪl/ us /ˈlænd.fɪl/
a place where garbage is buried:
[U] The shopping center was built on landfill.
sanitary adjective
uk /ˈsæn.ɪ.tər.i/ us /ˈsæn.ə.ter.i/
relating to being clean and healthy, esp. to the protection of health by the removal of dirt and waste, including human waste:
He worked to improve sanitary conditions in New Orleans.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
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Which of these web browser was released first?
Netscape Navigator
Mozilla Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Though the oldest internet browser was called simply "World Wide Web," the first on this list was Netscape Navigator, which was released in 1994.
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