Lesson 14: vocab. weather and climate Flashcards
Rain and snow together
Sleet
If you _ _, you gradually get warm again after being very cold:
Thaw out
A severe snow storm with strong winds:
“We once got stuck in a _ for six hours.”
Blizzard
If something is _, it is wet or smooth so that it slides easily or causes something to slide:
_ ice
Slippery
a period of time such as a few weeks when the weather is much hotter than usual
heatwave
a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens:
famine
polite word for sweat (= a clear liquid passed through the skin):
“During the break between games, she had a drink of water and wiped the _ off her face and arms with a towel.”
Perspiration
to make someone or something extremely wet:
“A sudden thunderstorm had _ us to the skin.”
Drench
to be hit by lightening
to be struck by lightning
When it is light shower we say
It`s spitting
Used to refer to very heavy rain
Torrential
A current of unpleasantly cold air blowing through a room
A draft
Very noisy wind
Blustering wind
Very strong winds are colled -
Gale-force winds
If the sun _ _, it shines very strongly and makes the air very hot:
Beat down
to hide or block the light from something, especially the sun
blot out
to slide without intending to
slip over
to enjoy the effects or experience of something as much as possible:
“I love to lie on the beach and _ _ the sun.”
Soak up
1) When an argument _ _, it becomes gradually less important until it ends and is forgotten (Сходить на нет:
“I thought that after a few days the argument would _ _.”
2) When a storm _ _, it becomes gradually less strong until it ends
3) Сдуть, снести:
“The wind _ the tree _”
Blow over
To enter or leave a place in a way that shows that you are angry:
“He _ _ of the meeting”
Storm out
Slang for describing very cold weather
brass monkeys
When it is impossible to go anywhere bc of heavy snow you are
Snowed in
An unusually warm period of weather after summer
Indian summer
