Учебное пособие по темам "SEASONS AND WEATHER" и "TIME". Волошина Г.Н - 13 стр.

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boiling / scorching (adj., especially spoken) - extremely hot:
- It’s boiling in here!
- It was scorching on the tennis court.
boiling hot / scorching hot
- a boiling hot day in August
- Open the door, it’s boiling hot in here!
broiling (adj., American especially spoken) - weather that is broiling is very hot
and makes you feel uncomfortable:
- The day of the pony race was broiling hot.
- the broiling heat of the Mississippi summer
sweltering (adj.) - weather that is sweltering is very hot and makes you feel
tired and uncomfortable:
- Lucy came to call one sweltering afternoon in July.
- the sweltering summer of 1995
Note:
sweltering is used especially in written descriptions.
heatwave (n. C) - a period of time when the weather is much hotter than usual:
- The heatwave continued throughout August and into September.
- We’ll have a heatwave, I fear.
warm (adj.) - slightly hot, especially pleasantly:
- It was nice and warm in the sunshine.
- I’m looking forward to some warmer weather.
- These plants only grow in warm climates.
mild (adj.) - mild weather is pleasant because it is not as cold as it usually is:
- a mild winter
- It seems quite mild for February.
humid (adj.) - if the weather is humid, the weather is hot and wet in a way that
makes you feel uncomfortable:
- Tokyo is very humid in summer.
sultry (adj.) - weather that is sultry is unpleasantly hot with no wind:
- How sultry the weather has become!
stifling (adj.) - a room or weather that is stifling is very hot and difficult to
breathe in:
- How stifling the air is! I’m simply melting!
close (adj.) - very warm in a way that it is uncomfortable because there seems to
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