weather Flashcards

1
Q

to deal with difficult situation

A

to weather the storm

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2
Q

to feel sick or unwell

A

to feel under the weather

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3
Q

to be extremely happy and excited

A

to be on the cloud nine

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4
Q

a person who brings happiness into the lives of others

A

a ray of sunshine

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5
Q

having too much to do/being overwhelmed (with work usually)

A

to be snowed under

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6
Q

a situation in which people are very angry or upset about something that is not important

A

a storm in the teacup

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7
Q

a friend who is there fo you when everything is good, but when things are bad they are nowere to be seen

A

a fair-weather friend

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8
Q

to be in a center of disagreement

A

in the eye of the storm

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9
Q

a situation in which multiple bad things happen at the same time

A

a perfect storm

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10
Q

when something bad happens other bad things usually happen at the same time

A

when it rains, it pours

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11
Q

something will happen even if it rains/ at any weather, sometimes used figuratively for no matter for what happens

A

(come) rain or shine

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12
Q

to survive

A

to weather

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13
Q

(water and electrical) stream??

A

a current

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14
Q

boiling temperatures

A

scorching temperatures

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15
Q

to predict

A

to forecast

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16
Q

to be burnt by flames or heat

A

to be scorched

17
Q

to empty

A

to clear out

18
Q

quite cold

19
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unpleasantly cold

20
Q

very cold

21
Q

-10°

A

below zero

22
Q

pleasant and not cold

23
Q

a pleasantly high temperature

24
Q

unpleasantly hot

A

boiling/scorching

25
warm and wet but not raining
humid
26
cold and slightly wet
damp
27
raining lightly
drizzling
28
raining intermittently
showers
29
raining a lot
pouring
30
a light wind
breeze
31
a period of unusually hot weather
heatwave
32
long hot dry period with no rain
drought
33
small balls of ice like rain
hail
34
bright light caused by electricity
lightning
35
loud noise during the storm
thunder
36
snow storm with strong winds
blizzard
37
everything covered with water
flood
38
violent storm with very strong winds
hurricane
39
rain season in southern asia
monsoon