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Pouring rain
Heavy rain
Torrential rain

A

A lot of rain

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Strong wind
Roaring wind
Chilly wind

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To pour water

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To transport the liquid from a jug to a cup

Could you pour me some water?

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Light rain

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4
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Torrential downpour

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5
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Thick fog

Dense fog

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Strong fog

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6
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Light mist

Grey mist

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Little bit fog, like in the morning

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A flash of lightning

Strike lightning

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A sweltering day

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Too hot, in a negative way.

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9
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Type of weather

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Rain sun storm fog cloud snow hailstones blizzard lightning tornado hurricane wind

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10
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Hailstone fall(v)
Rain fall(v)
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A hailstone felt yesterday night

Not come

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To come up

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To rise

The sun came up at 5:52 this morning

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To take the edge off sth

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To make it a little bit better

The fan took the edge off the sweltering heat

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13
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To disperse

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To graduate reduce, disappear

You’re safe to leave the house now as the rain is dispersing

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Hot (adj)
(The) heat (n)
Heater(n)

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To heat sth(v)
To heat sth up with

We heat the room up with a heater

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15
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To set off on a journey/on a trip/ for a place/to go somewhere

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To leave your place, to travel

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16
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Shipwreck(n)

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Náufrago

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17
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To blow up

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To explode

The storm blew up

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18
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To blow out

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Assoprar

We blow out the candles

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19
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Castaway(n. Person)

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Naufrago

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20
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Ice cheese ice cream chocolate snow

Melts(v)

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21
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To inhabit(v)
Habitat(n)
Uninhabited (wilderness area)

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To live

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22
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The ozone layer

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23
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Low altitude

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24
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Unbearable

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Can’t tolerate

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25
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To get your head around it

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Be able to

I couldn’t get my head around math

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26
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To put your foot in it

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I totally put my foot in it. I couldn’t ask if she was pregnant, that was a embarrassing situation

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27
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To rub salt in the wound

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He has just split up with her and I’ve ask her about him… I rub salt in the wound…

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28
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To not see eye to eye with sb

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I really don’t see eye to eye with him, I don’t get on with him

29
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To keep a straight face

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I struggled to keep a straight face, I couldn’t stop myself to smile!

30
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To take sb by surprise

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To surprise sb

31
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To be taken by surprise

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To be surprised

32
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To brush against sth or sb

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Raspou, sem querer

33
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To be snowed it

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So much snow that you can’t move

34
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To have a heatstroke or sunstroke

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Physical reaction of the sun:headache, dehydrated /diraidraited/

35
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Flood /flad/

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Inundacao

36
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To skid /skid/ skidded(past)

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When you slide without control

37
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To slide-slid-slid(past)

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When you slide with or without control

38
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A patch of stb

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Small area

39
Q

To lose your ways

A

To get lost

40
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Steering wheel

To steer right or left
To turn right or left

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Volante

41
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Mature cheese

Mild cheese

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Strong flavour

Light flavour

42
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Ripe and unripe (fruit, veggies)

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43
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Strong flavour

Mild flavour

A

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44
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Economy(n)
Economical(adj) for person or things
Economic(adj) for situation
To economize(v)

A

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45
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Bulletproof vest

A

.

46
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Wife beater

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Man who punch the woman on a domestic violence

47
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To breathe (v)
Breath (n)
A

.

48
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To be inside out

A

The t-shirt is inside out, I can see the label!

49
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The wrong way around

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You t-shirt is in the wrong way around, this part is the back

50
Q

To get a real feel for sth

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To know really well some place or sth

51
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To go off
To go bad
To go mouldy

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When the bread is not good to eat

The bread is gone off

52
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Inedible

A

We can’t eat

The food was inedible, was disgusting

53
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Edible

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Can eat but not delicious

54
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To get rid of sb or sth

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Make disappear
What’s the best way to get rid of old junk?
I always get rid of my old clothes by giving them to charity

55
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To fill in for sb

A

To replace

Have you ever had to fill in for people while they were off work?

56
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To put sb name’s forward for a competition /for a job

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To recommend

57
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Salt and pepper shakers

A

.

58
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To refill sth

A

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59
Q

I made a mistake(n)

To mistake sth for sth else

A

I mistook the pepper shaker for the salt shaker

I’m sorry, I mistook you for somebody ele

60
Q

Carry on

A

Keep on
Continue
If I don’t pass my exam I’ll carry on studying q

61
Q

That’s mental!

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Crazy and unbelievable (informal)

62
Q

Assertive(adj) and unassertive

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Like sincere, you say to a person who did sth you didn’t like

63
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To be disloyal to sb
To be unsuccessful in sth or with sth
To be impatient with sb
To be incompatible with sb

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I was unsuccessful in the interview

I was unsuccessful with her, she didn’t like me

64
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Step back

Step forward

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To experience the past

To experience the future

65
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To put together

To piece together

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66
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Stress(v)

Stressful (adj)

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67
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Company(n)
To accompany sb (v)
To keep sb company

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68
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Distinct (v)

Distinctive (adj)

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Different from the other

69
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To have (many) insights into sth

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To have detailed information about sth

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