●dismal        Charlton's dismal run
●diminutive    Portugal's diminutive wide man Dominguez
●banish        they will help English sides banish their poor European form. 
●deduct        Empoli deducted two points for attempted match fixing.
●cruise        Yugoslavia cruised past Malta 3-0 in Valetta. 

●squander      The hosts squandered several chances,
●mettle        Lazio proved their mettle against a tough Inter
●wreak         Zvonimir Boban, who wreaked havoc with Cagliari's defence
●havoc         Zvonimir Boban, who wreaked havoc with Cagliari's defence
●seige         Salernitana laid seige in the last five minutes,

●leapfrog      Udinese, leapfrogging Inter into fifth place, 
●falter        Fiorentina's faltering title bid
●bid           Fiorentina's faltering title bid
●woodwork      Paolo Sergio also striking the woodwork
●deadlock      Edmundo came close to breaking the deadlock for the hosts

●outmaneuver   Martin Posse outmaneuvered Deportivo defender Noureddine Naybet
●laurel        but they did not sit on their laurels and continued to attack,
●glimmer       Ismael Ruiz gave Racing a glimmer of hope with a goal

The tedium of a torrid match was only alleviated by a thunderous strike
●tedium  ●torrid  ●alleviate
●divert        by diverting a Wagner free kick into his own net 
●snatch        Leverkusen snatched a late draw
●rounded off   but Andy Booth rounded off Wednesday's fine win
●scrappy       Ryan Giggs scored the only goal after a scrappy first half. 

●deject        Marco Simone, dejected by PSG's lacklustre performances, 
●lacklustre    Marco Simone, dejected by PSG's lacklustre performances, 
●clause        I have a contract and a clause in it,
●dim           PSG's chances of salvaging the season were dim. 
●dazzled       Jose Maria Gutierrez who dazzled with the ball at his feet

●marksman      who replaced injured marksman Tony Vairelles, 
●clinch        RC Lens clinch a 2-1 win at Auxerre
●exploit       Tony Cascarino exploited a bad mistake by a Rennes defender
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Charlton's dismal run had seen them fail to win in their last 15 games

●dismal  形    暗い、陰鬱な、陰気な、気味の悪い、憂鬱な
        di'zml   デズマル、ディズマル
 
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Portugal's diminutive wide man Dominguez

●diminutive   形   ちっぽけな、指小の、小さい、小型の、小形の、小柄の 
 
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they have brought to their clubs will help English sides banish their poor 
European form. 

●banish    他動     追放する、(恐怖心・心配事・嫌{いや}な考えなどを)払いの
                     ける、流刑にする、遠ざける、追い払う、国外追放する 

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Note: Empoli deducted two points for attempted match fixing.

●deduct    他動     差し引く、控除する
                     ディダクト、デダクト     レベル 6    大学入試レベル 0 

    The costs of materials shall be deducted from the net sales price.   
    《契約書》材料費は正味販売価格から差し引くものとする。
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Yugoslavia cruised past Malta 3-0 in Valetta. 

●cruise   自動   (車で)行く、航行する、巡航する、歩き回る 
           他動    〜を巡航する、男をあさる、女をあさる
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The hosts squandered several chances,

●squander   他動   〜を浪費する、散財する

無駄遣い【むだづかい】
       waste money on (vs); squander money on; flog a dead horse

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Lazio proved their mettle against a tough Inter

●mettle  名   気質、気性、気迫、血気、根性、勇気
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the entry of in-form Zvonimir Boban, who wreaked havoc with Cagliari's defence.

●wreak  他動   〜をぶちまける、(損害などを)もたらす、(復讐を)する、漏らす 
ri':k   リーク 

滅茶苦茶[めちゃくちゃ](uk) absurd/unreasonable/excessive/messed up/spoiled/
                           wreaked/

●havoc   名   大破壊、大損害、大混乱、大惨事
ハボック
【惨害】 [さんがい] heavy damage/havoc/ravages
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An inspired Mario Stanic kept up his knack for big goals

●knack  こつ、要領、特技
She has a knack for playing the piano. : 彼女はピアノ演奏のこつをつかんでいる。

[こつ] knack (uk)/skill

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as Salernitana laid seige in the last five minutes,
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Udinese, leapfrogging Inter into fifth place, 

  1. Lazio             22   13    6    3    44   21   45
  2. Fiorentina        22   13    4    5    37   19   43
  3. AC Milan          22   12    7    3    34   24   43
  4. Parma             22   11    8    3    41   20   41
  5. Udinese           22   10    6    6    31   28   36
  6. Inter Milan       22   10    5    7    43   30   34

●leapfrog   他動   〜をよけて通る、逃れる、避ける、飛び越える  
           自動   馬跳びをする、交互に前進させる、抜きつ抜かれつして進む 
           名     一足飛び   交互前進   馬跳び
          
1.馬跳び(をする),(人・物を一気に)追い抜く,2.急激に上昇させる,★
leap frogと2語で綴られることも / Anyway, it does not do us much good to
copy them - our challenge is 'leap frog' them. (ここでのusは「欧米企業」,them
は「日本製品」) -Kaisha

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Fiorentina's faltering title bid,

●falter    よろめく,たじろぐ  口ごもって言う
たじろぐ /to falter/to wince/
躊躇い[ためらい]faltering/hesitation (vs)/

the visitors, bidding for a first away win since April, 

in bids for ~
〜の(目的の)ために,〜しようとして,★in a bit to do ~の形式もあり /
In the view of many Western executives, the behavior of the Japanese is 
reckless when prices are slashed in bits for increased market shared. 
多くの欧米の経営者からすると,市場シェアを拡大しようとして値下げをする日本人の行
動は無謀である。 -Kaisha

bid       (〜しようとする)努力、企て、骨折り 
           自動   (権力・名声・支持などを)得ようと努力する、手を尽くす 
           他動    得ようと尽力する

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●woodwork
dangerous with Paolo Sergio also striking the woodwork    ゴールポスト
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Edmundo came close to breaking the deadlock for the hosts
●deadlock     行き詰まり、同点   《コンピュータ》デッドロック 
               動    行き詰まる、暗礁に乗り上げる
                     行き詰まらせる、暗礁に乗り上げさせる

【行詰り】 [ゆきづまり] dead end/impasse/deadlock/stalemate
【行き詰り】 [いきづまり] deadlock/stalemate/impasse
【行き詰り】 [ゆきづまり] dead end/impasse/deadlock/stalemate

【同点】 [どうてん] deadlock/tie/draw
【膠着状態】 [こうちゃくじょうたい] deadlock/stalemate

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●outmaneuver  
Martin Posse outmaneuvered Deportivo defender Noureddine Naybet

outmaneuver
他    〜の裏をかく、〜よりも上手に立ち回る、謀略で勝つ 
      の裏をかく
maneuver
画策【かくさく】 plan (vs); scheme; formulate a program; maneuver
機動【きどう】   maneuver
他    うまく扱う、巧みに扱う、巧みに動く、
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●laurel     栄誉、月桂樹     他動   栄誉を与える
but they did not sit on their laurels and continued to attack,

【栄冠】 [えいかん] laurels/garland
【桂冠】 [けいかん] crown of laurel
【月桂冠】 [げっけいかん] laurel wreath
【月桂樹】 [げっけいじゅ] laurel tree/bay tree
【胡座をかく】 [あぐらをかく] to sit cross-legged/to rest on one's laurels
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Ismael Ruiz gave Racing a glimmer of hope with a goal four minutes later
●glimmer      ぼんやりとした光、かすかな光、
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The tedium of a torrid match, in which both sides spent most of their time 
making mistakes in the midfield, was only alleviated by a thunderous strike by 
Athletic's Santi Ezquerro on 73 minutes. 

●tedium   【発音】ti':di    名   飽き飽きすること、退屈
【退屈】 [たいくつ] tedium (an) (vs)/boredom

●torrid    形    こげた、乾き切った、強烈な、焼けた、焼け付くような、情熱的な 
トーリッド、トリッド 
torrid day         炎熱の日
torrid desert      焼け付くような砂漠
torrid love letter 熱烈なラブレター
torrid zone        熱帯

●alleviate   li':vieit   
  他  軽減する、楽にする、緩和する、軽くする、多少とも解決する 
緩和【かんわ】    relaxation; palliation; relax; alleviate; moderate (vs)
軽減【けいげん】  relief; alleviation; relieve; alleviate; abate (vs)

The tedium of a torrid match was only alleviated by a thunderous strike
●tedium
●torrid
●alleviate
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
●divert
by diverting a Wagner free kick into his own net 
他動-1  反らす、(方向)転換する、転送する
他動-2  〜を転用する、流用する 
ダイバート、デバート、ディバート
Nuclear materials are diverted for military use. 
【転換】 [てんかん] convert/divert
【紛らす】 [まぎらす] to divert/to distract
【紛らわす】 [まぎらわす] to divert/to distract

●snatch
Leverkusen snatched a late draw
Wolfsburg  snatched a draw with a goal 
名-1  ひったくり         名-2   《下品》女性器◆【同意語】vagina; cunt
他動  〜を素早くつかむ、急いで取る、やっと手に入れる、ひったくる、強奪する、
     (勝利を)奪う 

【ひったくり】 purse snatching/purse snatcher
【引っ手繰る】 [ひったくる] to snatch (steal) from
【横取り】 [よこどり] usurpation/snatching/seizure
【奪う】 [うばう] to snatch away
【掠め取る】 [かすめとる] to snatch/to steal


●rounded off  round off
Blackburn Rovers 1 Sheffield Wednesday 4 
but Andy Booth rounded off Wednesday's fine win
round off   〜に丸みをつける、完全にする、概数にする、
            四捨五入する、収まりをつける、端数を切りすてる、有終の美を成す 

●scrappy
Ryan Giggs scored the only goal in the 78th minute after a scrappy first half. 

形-1  断片的な 
形-2  肝っ玉の座った、根性のある、喧嘩腰の、けんか好きな、戦闘的な
屑の 

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Experienced Italian striker Marco Simone,
dejected by Paris St Germain's lacklustre performances, 
will leave the French capital next season. 
"My decision is made. I have a contract and a clause in it,"
the 30-year-old Italian said PSG's chances of salvaging the season were dim. 

●deject    Marco Simone, dejected by PSG's lacklustre performances, 
他動    落胆させる
【がっかり】 feel disappointed (vs)/be dejected/lose heart/feel emotionally
             drained/feel let down
【すごすご】 dejectedly
【弱まる】 [よわまる] to abate/to weaken (vi)/to be emaciated/to be
                      dejected/to be perplexed
【弱る】 [よわる] to weaken (vi)/to be troubled/to be downcast/to be
                  emaciated/to be dejected/to be perplexed/to impair (vt)
【喪心】 [そうしん] absent-mindedness/stupor/dejection
【浮かぬ顔】 [うかぬかお] long face/look dejected
【幽欝】 [ゆううつ] depression (an)/melancholy/dejection/gloom
【憂欝】 [ゆううつ] depression (an)/melancholy/dejection/gloom
【憂鬱】 [ゆううつ] depression (an)/melancholy/dejection/gloom
【落胆】 [らくたん] discouragement/despondency/dejection
【力無げ】 [ちからなげ] feebly/dejectedly
【悄気る】 [しょげる] to be dispirited/to be dejected/to be disheartened/to
           lose heart

●lacklustre    形    艶のない、パッとしない、活気のない

●clause      節、箇条、条項
【各項】 [かくこう] each item/each clause
【各項】 [かっこう] each item/each clause
【句】 [く] phrase/clause/sentence/passage/paragraph/expression/line/verse/
            stanze/17-syllable poem
【句々】 [くく] every clause
【句句】 [くく] every clause
【句節】 [くせつ] phrases and clauses
【個条】 [かじょう] article/clause/item
【項】 [こう] item/clause/paragraph/head (pref)/main
【主文】 [しゅぶん] the text/the main clause (gram)/the main part of a
document
【条項】 [じょうこう] clause/article/stipulations
【付属節】 [ふぞくせつ] subordinate clause
【約款】 [やっかん] agreement/stipulation/article/clause
●clause      節、箇条、条項
●dim    形    かすかな、かすむ、かすんだ、はっきりしない、薄れる、薄暗い 

ぼんやり     absent-minded (vs); block-head; dim; faint; vague
ぼやける     to become dim; to become blurred
微か【かすか】 faint (an); dim; weak; indistinct; hazy; poor; wretched
曇る【くもる】 to become cloudy; to become dim
濛々たる【もうもうたる】  dense; thick; dim; vague
薄暗い【うすぐらい】 dim; gloomy
薄れる【うすれる】 to fade; to become dim
幽微【ゆうび】     dim (an); indistinct

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Star performer for Real was midfielder Jose Maria Gutierrez who dazzled
with the ball at his feet although his finishing once again left a lot to
be desired. 

●dazzle  ぎらぎら  glare (vs); glitter; dazzle

目が眩む、キラキラと輝く 

〜の目をくらませる、まぶしくする、人の目を驚かす、眩惑させる、驚嘆させる、圧倒
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Substitute Philippe Brunel, who replaced injured marksman Tony Vairelles, 

●marksman     名   射手    射撃の名人 
射撃[しゃげき] firing (vs)/shooting/fire/gunshot/marksmanship

  marksmanship    射撃技量,射撃術,弓術


French champions RC Lens clinch a 2-1 win at Auxerre

●clinch
【クリンチ】 clinch
【決め手】 [きめて] a person who decides/deciding factor/clincher/trump
                    card/winning move
【止め】 [とどめ] finishing blow/clincher
 他    〜で勝利を収める


Ireland veteran Tony Cascarino exploited a bad mistake by a Rennes defender to 
salvage a consolation goal for Nancy in injury time. 

●exploit
名    手柄、功績、功業 
他動  〜を利用する、活用する、搾取する、使役する、人から絞り取る、食い物にする 

【偉業】 [いぎょう] great enterprise/exploits
【開発】 [かいはつ] development/exploitation
【功業】 [こうぎょう] exploit/achievement
【詐取】 [さしゅ] exploitation (vs)/fraud/swindle
【搾り取る】 [しぼりとる] to exploit
【搾取】 [さくしゅ] exploitation (vs)/squeezing/sweating
【事績】 [じせき] achievement/exploit/merits
【収奪】 [しゅうだつ] plundering/exploitation
【拓殖】 [たくしょく] colonization/exploitation
【武功】 [ぶこう] military exploits

レベル 4
His father's exploits make a great novel
Loah, tell us about your exploits. 
The superstar's exploits are frequently the talk of the town.

I never felt exploited, never felt used. 
Playboy exploits women. 
The show is exploiting people's misery to increase its audience.
There are parents who will exploit these children. 

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●salvage
salvage a 1-1 draw at home to VfL Bochum

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●accusation    とがめ、責め、非難、告訴、告訴理由、告発
Robson, whose side is currently 13th in the league, denied the accusation

【公訴】 [こうそ] accusation/prosecution
【告訴】 [こくそ] accusation/complaint
【弾劾】 [だんがい] impeachment/accusation/censure