Lesson 14: vocab. weather and climate

Question 1

Rain and snow together

Answer 1

Sleet

Question 2

If you _ _, you gradually get warm again after being very cold:

Answer 2

Thaw out

Question 3

A severe snow storm with strong winds:

“We once got stuck in a _ for six hours.”

Answer 3

Blizzard

Question 4

If something is _, it is wet or smooth so that it slides easily or causes something to slide:
_ ice

Answer 4

Slippery

Question 5

a period of time such as a few weeks when the weather is much hotter than usual

Answer 5

heatwave

Question 6

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:

Answer 6

famine

Question 7

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.”

Answer 7

Perspiration

Question 8

to make someone or something extremely wet:

“A sudden thunderstorm had _ us to the skin.”

Answer 8

Drench

Question 9

to be hit by lightening

Answer 9

to be struck by lightning

Question 10

When it is light shower we say

Answer 10

It`s spitting

Question 11

Used to refer to very heavy rain

Answer 11

Torrential

Question 12

A current of unpleasantly cold air blowing through a room

Answer 12

A draft

Question 13

Very noisy wind

Answer 13

Blustering wind

Question 14

Very strong winds are colled -

Answer 14

Gale-force winds

Question 15

If the sun _ _, it shines very strongly and makes the air very hot:

Answer 15

Beat down

Question 16

to hide or block the light from something, especially the sun

Answer 16

blot out

Question 17

to slide without intending to

Answer 17

slip over

Question 18

to enjoy the effects or experience of something as much as possible:
“I love to lie on the beach and _ _ the sun.”

Answer 18

Soak up

Question 19

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 _”

Answer 19

Blow over

Question 20

To enter or leave a place in a way that shows that you are angry:
“He _ _ of the meeting”

Answer 20

Storm out

Question 21

Slang for describing very cold weather

Answer 21

brass monkeys

Question 22

When it is impossible to go anywhere bc of heavy snow you are

Answer 22

Snowed in

Question 23

An unusually warm period of weather after summer

Answer 23

Indian summer