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Sunny weather: Unbroken sunshine: only sun with no clouds Scorching (=سوزان) hot: extremely hot Strong sun (opp: weak sun) Heatwave: ? |
It's great here. Have had unbroken sunshine ever since we arrived. Though in the middle of the day it's just too scorching hot to do anything but lie on the beach soaking up the sunshine. A period ot unusually hot weather. I hate this heatwave. |
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Rainy weather: Pour (with rain): Soaking (adj,n) wet : Drizzle (v) (n) : Torrential rain : : Syn: driving rain Opp: Light rain Muggy Syn: humid |
rain heavily soaked rain lightly, with very small drops. باران سیل آساHeavy rain or rained heavily or rain fell heavily Warm and damp (رطوبت، نمناک) in an unpleasent way. It's pouring outside! It was pouring with rain and I got soking wet. It was drizzling when I left the office. I've never seen such torrential rain. It's freezing cold in the tent. We all got soaked. It's rained heavily all day yesterday but it's dry at the moment. Road conditions are difficult because of the driving rain. (= rain falling fast and heavily) |
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Weather: Thick clouds / looks like rain Weather is getting worse Rainbow |
There's thick cloud, it certainly looks like rain. The weather is getting worse |
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Foggy: Thick / dense fog/ mist Fog/mist comes down (opp: lift) A blanket of fog is thicker and more extencive compare to patches of fog Mist (n) misty (adj) : not as thick as fog |
There is thick fog on the motorway. There are pat hes of fog on the east coast but these should lift by midday. You get a lot of mist in the mornings in autumn. |
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Windy: High / strong / light / biting wind (=very cold winds) The wind blows or whistles Not a breath of wind Breez (n) breezy (adj) Gale (n) |
The wind was light this morning but it's picking up now and will be very strong by the evening. The wind was whistling through the trees. A light wind : It's hot today, but there's a lovely breeze. A strong wind : There were gales last night. |
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Snow: Heavy/ fresh/ crisp / thick / driving Frost (n) frosty(adj): ? Hard frost (=شبنم، سرمازده کردن) Bitterly (adverb) cold: ? Chilly (adj): ? Mild: ? |
extremely cold Chilly: a little too cold to become comfortable Mild: Warmer than usual for the time of year. There was a frost last night;there's ice on the car. The snow is lovely and crisp this morning. It's bitterly cold today. It gets chilly in the evening. |
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Differences between travel, journey, trip Journey: go on / make a journey Trip: go on / make / take a trip میتونیم از صفات long و short استفاده کنیم: Make a long trip Make a short trip Voyage /voi-ij/ make a voyage A larg journey in a boat or ship به جز travel بقیه countable هستند. |
Travel as a noun refers to the consept. E.g. i love travel. It's my hobby. Journey refers to the time you are between your house and your destination. It doesn't refer to a holiday time spent at the destination. Trip has 2 meanings: 1. Same as journey 2. Refers to while time spent away from home. E.g. journey and holiday / visit Ex: if you want a good Travel agent... I got some Travel brochures ... I'm finally here after extremely tiring journey. The flight was 3 hours late. I hope my return journey is better. |
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Flights Domestic flights //// international flights Window seat //// aisle seat Smooth flight //// bumpy flight |
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Accommodation Family-run hotel: we stayed in a small family-run hotel. Luxury hotel: the palace is a luxury hotel on the main square. I can't afford it. I have to look for budget accommodation (=very cheap) Make a reservation: i'd advise you to make a reservation before you go. The hotels get fully booked during the summer. |
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Secluded beach |
Without many people Ex: you'll love the secluded beaches. |
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Expedition 1. A long and carefully organized journey especially to a dangerous or unfimiliar place. Ex: he went on an expedition to Borneo. 2. A short journey usually made for a particular purpose. Ex: shopping expidition, fishing expedition, hunting expedition Collocations: go on / make an expedition |
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