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Advantage Partners, Marubeni to join in bid to sponsor Daiei: paper
(Kyodo) _ Advantage Partners Inc. and Marubeni Corp. are in talks to team up to become the sponsor in ailing retailer Daiei Inc.'s rehabilitation, led by the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, a Japanese business daily reported Saturday.

・in a bid to
～しようとして

in a bid to do …する(目的の)ために:
In a bid to win a greater share of the market, the manufacturer slashed its prices. 市場の拡大をねらって製造業者は値下げを行った.

*make a [one's] bid for something
（～を求めて）挑戦する
もともとは「入札する」の意味だが、現在では比喩的に使うことが多い。

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★英文ニュース読みこなしのコツ 第5回～「競争」の表現を知っていればすぐに分かるダイエーへの支援

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EDITORIAL: Eco-friendly society

Policy response to air pollution is too lukewarm by far.

In the days of heady economic growth, belching factory smoke was the main cause of air pollution in Japan. Now vehicles powered by diesel engines are the biggest polluter. They spew out fine particulate emissions that infiltrate deep into the lungs, constituting a major health hazard. This pollution is invisible.

・heady / adjective
1 affecting you in a strong and pleasant way:
the heady scent of jasmine
2 very exciting and making you feel you can achieve anything you want:
the heady freedom of the late 1960s

・belch
If a machine or chimney belches something such as smoke or fire or if smoke or fire belches from it, large amounts of smoke or fire come from it.
* Tired old trucks were struggling up the road below us, belching black smoke...
=emit