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Weather Vocabulary Pronunciation
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Weather Vocabulary Pronunciation
Weather Vocabulary Set 4: Cold weather below freezing – below zero degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit. 32 I put on a thick coat, gloves, hat and a scarf before going outside as it was well below freezing. ice – very cold water in a solid state; you only see it when the temperature is below freezing. I had to clear ice from my car windscreen before I could drive to meet my friend. icy – covered in ice; slippery because of ice. It’s better for elderly people to stay indoors when it’s icy as they can easily fall over and break a bone. frozen – when the temperature is so cold that water has turned to ice or expression to mean feeling very cold. It was so cold that the surface of the pond was frozen. Ingrid got absolutely frozen watching her son’s team playing football. freezing cold – very cold. Bruno was reluctant to take the dog for a walk as it was freezing cold outside. bitterly cold – extremely cold. The sun was shining but there was a bitterly cold wind blowing. hail – pieces of ice falling from the sky; frozen rain. I hate being out in hail because it really hurt when it strikes your face. frost – ice crystals on a frozen surface. I could tell from the frost on the ground that the temperature overnight had fallen below freezing. hard frost – when it gets very cold overnight and everything is covered with thick frost. The hard frost turned everything white and made the garden look like a magical frozen wonderland. Jack Frost – mythical character who comes out at night and lays out frost. We woke in the morning to see that Jack Frost had been in the night. frostbite – injury to any part of the body caused by overexposure to extreme cold. - Frostbite is one of the greatest dangers faced by Arctic explorers. to dress up warm – to wear warm clothes to protect yourself against wintry conditions. - If you go out to play in the snow, be sure to dress up warm. to melt – the process by which snow or ice changes to water as the temperature rises above freezing. After a week of freezing conditions, the temperature rose and the snow finally began to melt. a cold spell / cold snap – a short period of cold weather. The weather is usually mild at this time of year but the forecasters say we’re in for a cold spell next week. The sudden cold snap had us searching for our hats, gloves and scarves. chilly – uncomfortably cold. - Fuyuko was feeling a bit chilly so she turned the heating up. Download 5.56 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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