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English B2
The weather
Term | Definition |
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daytime temperatures are quite mild | during the day |
in late autumn | towards the end of a period of time |
days are misty, foggy and damp | with clouds of small drops of water in the air, making it difficult to see things in the distance |
winter arrives with frost | thin, white layer of ice on surfaces when the weather is very cold |
winter arrives with icy roads and severe weather | extremely bad |
as people expect | |
freeze | |
the ground starts to thaw | change from hard, frozen state to softer state |
the ice melts | change from solid to liquid under heat |
a tropical climate | very hot, as in countries near the Equator |
the weather is stifling | hot, uncomfortable, you can hardly breathe |
the weather is muggy | very warm and a little damp |
the weather is humid | hot and damp, makes you sweat a lot |
boiling hot days | extremely hot |
heatwaves may be common | very hot, dry periods |
wet weather scale gets stronger from left to right | |
shower (n) | a short period of rain or snow |
quite heavy rain during the night/ It rained heavily during the night | |
It was absolutely pouring down yesterday(v)/ There was a real downpour (n) | a lot of rain in a short time |
there is usually torrential rain most days/downpour/storm | used to refer to very heavy rain |
flood (n)/(v); roads smtm get flooded/ there are floods on the roads | |
the sky`s a bit overcast | very cloudy |
we has a drought last summer | a long period when there is little or no rain |
There was a gentle breeze on the beach, just enough to cool us | calm wind |
There was a very strong/high wind and my umbrella blew away | to be moved to another place by wond or a current of air |
There was a gale that day, so we didn’t go sailing | very high wind |
People stayed indoors because there was a hurricane on the way | extremely high, dangerous wind |
I`m well on the way to completing the report | to be close to doing smth |
the noun weather is uncountable | We had great weather that day |