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Weather Vocabulary Pronunciation


Weather Vocabulary Set 9: Foggy weather


fog – a thick cloud of tiny water droplets close to the ground or sea that makes it difficult to see.

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      I hate driving in fog as it’s hard to see other cars on the road. foggy – when there is a lot of fog.
      

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      It’s so foggy today that I can hardly see the houses across the street. smog – fog-like cloud caused by pollution.
      

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      The smog hung over the city and many people wore masks when they went out to stop them breathing in the polluted air.
      

Weather Vocabulary Pronunciation


Weather Vocabulary Set 10: Stormy weather


storm – severe rainy and windy weather.

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    The storm brought a tree down in our garden which only just missed our house. thunder – a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard in the sky, especially during a storm.
    

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    We heard the thunder in the distance and knew that a storm was on its way. lightning – electric flash of light in the sky.
    

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    The lightning lit up the whole sky and was quite spectacular.
    

thunderstorm – a storm that includes thunder and lightning.

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      My pets hate thunderstorms. The dog barks at the thunder and the cat hides under the bed.
      

tropical storm – a storm with very high winds typical of tropical regions.

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      The first time I was in a tropical storm I was very frightened as I’d never experienced such high winds before.
      

Hurricane / cyclone / typhoon – a tropical storm with extremely strong, damaging wind. The difference between them is where the storm originates in the world. Hurricanes come in from the Atlantic Ocean, cyclones from the Indian Ocean and typhoons from the Pacific Ocean.

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      In 2017, a hurricane devastated the Caribbean island of Anguilla.