Weather and climate Flashcards
Slang variation of cold
Nippy
Synonyms to hot (3)
Boiling, sweltering, roasting
Synonyms to windy (2)
Blowy, breezy
Uncomfortably warm and with air that is slightly wet
Oppressive, sultry
Used to describe weather or air conditions in which it is difficult to breathe and it is uncomfortably warm (душно)
Stiffling, heavy, close
A very large amount of rain or water:
“This little stream can become a _ when it rains heavily.”
Deluge
Pouring heavily (phrasel v.)
Chucking down
(of air and weather conditions) containing extremely small drops of water in the air:
“New York is very hot and _ in the summer.”
Humid
1) When the weather is _, it is unpleasantly warm and the air contains a lot of water
2) Sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way
1) Muggy
2) Clammy
A cheerful and happy mood
Sunny disposition
Be overwhelmed with a very large quantity of something, especially work
To be snowed under with
To cause one’s judgment to become confused or impaired:
“Tom is usually a smart businessman, but sometimes his anger _ his _ and he ends up making bad choices.”
Cloud one`s judgement
A period of time so long ago that people cannot remember it:
The programme looks through the _ _ _ to examine the lives of our earliest ancestors.
The mists of time / history
Extremely loud:
_ applouse
Thunderous
Large number of bullets, stones etc that are thrown or fired at someone
Hail of bullets
