Учебное пособие по темам "SEASONS AND WEATHER" и "TIME". Волошина Г.Н - 15 стр.

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- The freezing weather continued all through February.
- It’s freezing out here. Can’t we go inside?
freezing cold = the weather is extremely cold:
- It was freezing cold outside and my hands were numb.
Note: Don’t say «very freezing». Say «
absolutely freezing».
a nip in the air = coldness in the air:
- There’s a nip in the air.
- The air is nipping.
11) STORM
storm (n. C) - a period of very bad weather, when there is a lot of rain, wind,
and sometimes thunder or lightning:
- The Spanish ships were wrecked in a storm.
rainstorm / snowstorm / icestorm
- Anderson disappeared in a snowstorm while climbing the Alps.
stormy (adj.)
- stormy weather
- The sky was starting to look stormy.
thunderstorm (n. C) - a storm when there is a lot of thunder and lightning:
- There was a spectacular thunderstorm that night.
- There is a thunderstorm hanging about.
thunder (n. U) - the loud crashing noise that you hear in a storm:
- They could hear thunder rumbling in the distance.
- There is a thunder cloud over there.
- It sounds like thunder.
clap of thunder / peal of thunder / roll of thunder = one sudden noise of thunder
- Peals of thunder were heard.
lightning (n. U) - a bright flash of light in the sky during a storm; flash of
lightning
- A flash of lightning lit up the whole sky.
blizzard (n. C) - a storm with a lot of snow and strong winds:
- He had to drive home through the blizzard.
- A blizzard is a dangerous thing.
hurricane / typhoon (n. C) - a severe storm with very strong winds that causes a
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