Lesson 28 Flashcards

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Sweltering / roasting

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Hot, boiling

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Nippy

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Cold, chilly, freezing

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Breezy

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Windy, blowy

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Sultry / oppressive

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Uncomfortably warm and with air that is slightly wet

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Stifling

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(Weather) heavy / close

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Deluge / downpour

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A very large amount of rain or water

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Chucking it down

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Pouring

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Muggy / clammy / sticky

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Humid

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Climate

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The general atmosphere or situation in society

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Prevailing

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Existing in a particular place or at a particular time

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Disposition

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The particular type of character which a person naturally has

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Frosty

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Unfriendly and unwelcoming

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Hazy memory

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Not remembering things clearly

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Whirlwind

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Describes an event that happens very fast, and often unexpectedly

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Thunder

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To shout angrily

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