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33 Cards in this Set
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Weather forecast |
That's the prediction of the weather in the near future |
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Will be shining brightly |
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Clear skies |
No clouds in the sky |
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High temperatures |
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Bask in the sunshine or soak up the sunshine |
These expressions mean to enjoy the sunshine heat and light. |
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Oppressively hot, scorching hot, or sweltering hot |
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Hot and humid |
That means heart with lots of water in the air so you will sweat a lot |
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Partly cloudy |
The sky partially covered by clothes. |
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Scattered clouds |
Just a few clouds |
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Heavy clouds |
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Storm clouds |
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It looks like rain |
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Light rain |
Little rain |
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Heavy rain |
Lots of rain, intense rain |
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Torrential rain |
If the rain gets really intense |
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Continuous rain or constant rain |
If the rain continues without stopping |
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Intermittent rain or scattered showers |
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The rain let up |
When it stops raining you can say |
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Light / slight winds or high/strong winds |
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Fierce winds or gale-force winds |
If the wind is especially strong and violent |
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The wind is picking up |
When do wind is increasing in intensity |
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The wind is dying down |
When it is discretising in intensity |
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Biting wind or an icy wind |
Describe the wind with an adjective that emphasizes the cold |
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Blast of wind or a gust of wind |
Is sudden intense of Winter can be called a... |
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Snow flurries |
Light snow |
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Driving in snow or swirling snow |
When the snow is being blown around in the wind |
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Fresh powdery newly fallen snow |
It can be wonderful to walk through .... |
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Clear the snow are plough the snow |
To remove it from roads. |
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Shoveling the snow |
You can also do this manually... |
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Snow melts |
It turns into water and disappears |
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Unseasonably warm |
Sometimes the weather is unusual for particular time of year for example |
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Unseasonably cool |
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Record high or record low |
When did temperature reach and extreme we call that... |