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Weather and Climate
Weather and Climate
Snow:
avalanche - /ˈæv.əl.ɑːntʃ/ - a large amount of ice, snow,
and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain, лавина
anowflake - сніжинка
sleet – мокрий сніг, дощ зі снігом
snowdrop - підсніжник
icicle - /ˈaɪ.sɪ.kəl/ - бурулька
sharp/hard/severe/ringing frost - різкий/сильний/сильний/дзвінкий мороз
hoarfrost - /ˈhɔː.frɒst/ - іній
hail - град
hailstones – град, градини
snowdrift - замет
slush - partially melted snow or ice, сльота
blizzard - хуртовина
thaw - /θɔː/ - відлига
to melt - танути
air temperature drops below freezing - температура повітря опускається нижче
нуля
slippery - /ˈslɪp.ər.i/ - слизький
to be snowed under with smt – бути засніженим
Weather phenomena:
blazing sun – палюче сонце
scorcher - /ˈskɔː.tʃər/ - an extremely hot and sunny day
heat – спека, нагрівання
dew - /dʒuː/ - роса
rainbow - веселка
drought - посуха
drizzle - light rain, легенький дощик
driving rain – сильний, проливний дощ
downpour - злива
puddle - калюжа
to vapor - /ˈveɪ.pɚ/ - випаровуватися
to clear up/brighten up - прояснити
to glisten - /ˈɡlɪs.ən/ - блищати
flood - /flʌd/ - повінь
a flash of lightning - спалах блискавки
a clap of thunder – удар грому
hurricane - /ˈhʌr.ɪ.kən/ - ураган
haze - імла
thin mist – легкий туман
dense/thick fog – густий туман
gale – буря, шторм
a gust of wind – порив вітру
whirlwind - /ˈwɜːl.wɪnd/ -вихор
waterspout - /ˈwɔː.tə.spaʊt/ - смерч у морі, на воді
whirlpool - /ˈwɜːl.puːl/ - вир, водоворот
vortex - вир
Idioms:
under the weather - If someone is or feels under the weather, they feel ill
rain on someone 's parade - to do something that spoils someone's plans
every cloud has a silver lining - said to emphasize that
every difficult or unpleasant situation has some advantage, після дощу завжди
веселка
head in the clouds - to not know the facts of a situation
fair weather friends - someone who is a good friend when it is easy to be one and
who stops being one when you are having problems
get wind of something - to learn a piece of information, esp. when it has been
a secret
under a cloud - to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done
something bad
hot under the collar - angry about something
blow hot and cold - to sometimes like or be interested in something or someone and
sometimes not, so people are confused about how you really feel
make heavy weather of something - to find something hard to do and spend a lot
of time on it, although it is not difficult
any port in a storm - used to say that in
a difficult situation, people get help from wherever or whoever they can
it never rains but it pour - said when one bad thing happens, followed by a lot of
other bad things that make a bad situation worse