scuffle #2
スペインのカタルーニャ州独立の是非を問う国民投票が混乱を伴いながら実施されました。一部の投票所では警察が警棒とゴム弾を発射するなどしてけが人も出ています。
記事の中で気になった単語は"scuffle"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』(三省堂)には「小競り合い, もみ合い」などという意味がありました。独立賛成派が勝利しても，独立が可能になるのかはまだわかりません。(Ume)
Catalan referendum: Clashes as voters defy Madrid
National Spanish riot police arrived at another polling station nearby in Barcelona but again, people there kept them back.
One witness said there were scuffles and showed me a photo of a middle-aged woman with a bloody face.
But inside the school sports hall, there is a mood of celebration as people take selfies as they cast their votes.
Catalonia's former President, Artur Más - the man in charge when Catalan nationalists really started pushing for a referendum - told me that people were voting peacefully in the face of "a violent Spanish state".
