WEATHER Flashcards
podnebje
- The climate refers to the general weather conditions in a place.
letni časi
four seasons: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.
vreme
- Weather refers to the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
padavine
- Wet weather (precipitation (padavine) — rain or snow that falls on an area)
mokro vreme
- damp > drizzle > pour down / downpour > torrential rain > flood
zelo močno pada
- to rain/snow heavily, it snowed hard
hladno
chilly
vlažno
damp
škropljenje
drizzle
lije
pouring down
naliv
downpour
premočen
drenched/soaked
dež, ki lije v tokovih
torrential rain
poplavljene ceste
flooded roads
ploha
shower
nevihta
storm
nevihta z grmljenjem
thunderstorm
toča
hailstones
hail (uncountable)
oblačen
overcast
jasni se
clearing up
suša
drought
blag, mil
mild
žled
blizzard
slabo vreme
a current spell of bad weather
nenadna kratka ohladitev
cold snap
plojdra
slush
reke narastejo čez bregove
rivers burst their banks
mile zime
mild winters
vodna ujma
- Snowstorm blizzard flash flood
vlažno
- Damp cold, vlažno mold
soparno
humid –> hot, vlažno
1 strela
a flash of lightning
trenutno vreme
- A current spell of weather a period of weather
da te zadene strela
to be struck by lightning
zagrmi
- Roll of thunder zagrmi
zelo oblačno
very cloudy
overcast
nevihta z grmljenjem
- Thunder, lightning and heavy rain thunderstorm
nevihta
- High winds and rain together storm
ploha
- A short period of rain and snow shower
toča
- Small balls of ice falling from the sky hailstones
megla, ko imaš občutek da se ti blede
- Haze/hazy light mist, usually caused by heat
nežna megla
- Mist/misty light fog, often on the sea or caused by a drizzle
megla
- Fog/foggy quite thick, associated with cold weather (thick, dense fog)
megla v pasovih
patchy fog
nejasen spomin
hazy memory
veter
- Wind (northerly, westerly, easterly, northeasterly)
nežen vetrič
- There was a gentle breeze on the beach, just enough to cool us.
močno piha
- It’s a very blustery day; the umbrella will just blow away.
vihar
- There’s been a gale warning; it would be crazy to go sailing.
hurikan
- People boarded up their windows when they heard there was a hurricane on the way.
sunek vetra
gush of wind
veter se je umiril, sinonim in nasprotje
- The wind has died down. Synonyms: dropped Opposite: to pick up
dež je ponehal
- The rain has ease off
tekla je hitro kolikor jo noge nesejo
- She ran like the wind
temperature po vrsti od najhladnejše do najtoplejše
- Temperature bitterly, freezing cold > cold > chilly > cool > warm > hot > boiling hot, scorching hot (scolding hot liquid)
hladno
- Cool: rather cold, but not very cold
- chilly. unpleasantly cold
zmrzal
- frost: when the temperature falls (drop) below zero (freezing point) There was a heavy frost last night. (zmrzal)
sveže
- fresh: pleasantly cold; a fresh morning
expressions for describing the weather
- Bright and sunny
- Cold and damp/misty
- Bright and frosty
- Fine and dry
- Hot and sticky/humid
- Hot and stuffy
- Sunny and warm
- Warm and dry
- Wet and overcast/windy
to have a very angry expression
(to have a face/to look) like thunder
when things don’t just go wrong but very wrong and other bad things happen too
- It never rains but it pours
you can depend on someone to be there no matter what or whatever the weather
(come) rain or shine
to feel well
- To be as (right) as rain
when someone tries to do something that they will not achieve
- To chase a rainbow
decline something now but offer to do it at a later date
- Take a rain check (on something)
there is always something positive to come out of an unpleasant or difficult situation
- Every cloud has a silver lining
when someone takes attention away from someone else
- To steal someone’s thunder
you are not feeling well
- Be/feel under the weather
not trusted or not popular because people think they have done something bad
(to be) under a cloud