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2004.08.10

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Iwo Jima, Midway, Gettysburg, and Waterloo. These and many more places were the stages for horrific events: thousands of men armed with weapons meeting for one deadly purpose ...

Today's Lesson
BATTLE   戦闘

Explanation

  • A battle  is violent fighting that takes place at a particular place and time.
  • battle  は、ある地域である時間に行われる戦い、つまり、個々の戦闘のことをさします。

examples

  1. We have won this battle, but the war is not yet over.
  2. The battle  scenes in Akira Kurosawa's movies are some of the most powerful in film.
  3. The battle  was fought with guns and knives.
  4. Both of my sons were killed in battle  (= while fighting).

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