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エンジョイ・シンプル・イングリッシュ2014/09/03(水)放送のクリストファー・コロンブスについて、ESEコミュで教えていただいたCNN記事の英語版を読みましたので、辞書を引いた単語をメモしておきます。(主にOLD)

（英語） http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/13/world/americas/christop...
（日本語） http://www.cnn.co.jp/fringe/35047842.html

loot (v.)
－to steal things from shops/stores or buildings after a riot, fire, etc

excavation (n.)
－1 [countable, uncountable] the activity of digging in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time

－2 [countable, usually plural] a place where people are digging to look for old buildings or objects
The excavations are open to the public.

－3 [uncountable] the act of digging, especially with a machine

fort (n.)
－ a building or buildings built in order to defend an area against attack

aground (adv.)
－if a ship runs/goes aground, it touches the ground in shallow water and cannot move

plank (n.)
－1 a long narrow flat piece of wood that is used for making floors, etc

－2 a main point in the policy of an organization, especially a political party

provision (n.)
－1. the act of supplying somebody with something that they need or want; something that is supplied

－2. preparations that you make for something that might or will happen in the future

－3. provisions [plural]
supplies of food and drink, especially for a long journey
We have enough provisions to last us two weeks.

－4. condition or an arrangement in a legal document

garrison (n.)
－a group of soldiers living in a town or fort to defend it; the buildings these soldiers live in