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6 The weather

A Cold weather

InNorthernEurope,daytime temperaturesareoften
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quitemild,eveninlate autumn.Thedaysareoften
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misty ,foggyanddamp .Soon,winterarrives,withfrost ,
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icyroadsandsevere weather,includingheavysnow.
Aspeopleexpecttheweathertobebad,theytryand
keepwarmsotheydon’tfreeze!Freezingweathermay
continueinthefarnorthuntilMayorevenJune,whenthe
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groundstartstothaw/θɔː/ andtheicemelts again.
1 during the day 2 towards the end of a period of time 3 with clouds of small drops of water in the air,
making it difficult to see things in the distance 4 slightly wet, and not pleasant or comfortable
5 thin, white layer of ice on surfaces when the weather is very cold 6 extremely bad 7 change from hard,
frozen state to softer state 8 change from solid to liquid under heat

B Warm/ hot weather

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Inatropical climate,theweatherisoftenstifling ,muggy and
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humid .Inotherhotclimates,theremaybeboiling hotdays,and
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heatwaves maybecommon.
1 very hot, as in countries near the Equator 2 hot, uncomfortable, you can hardly
breathe 3 very warm and a little damp 4 hot and damp, makes you sweat a

lot 5 extremely hot 6 very hot, dry periods
C Wet weather

shower heavy pour torrential flood
rain down rain
Thiswetweatherscalegetsstrongerfromlefttoright.
shower(noun)→heavyrain→pourdown(verb)/downpour(noun)→torrentialrain→flood
(nounandverb)

Thisrainwon’tlastlong;it’sonlyashower.[shortperiodofrain]
Therewasquiteheavyrainduringthenight./Itrainedheavilyduringthenight.
Itwasabsolutelypouringdownyesterday./Therewasarealdownpour.

InMalaysiathereisusuallytorrentialrainmostdays,andtheroadssometimesgetflooded./
Therearesometimesfloodsontheroads.
Thesky’sabitovercast;Ithinkit’sgoingtorain.[verycloudy]
Wehadadrought/draʊt/lastsummer.Itdidn’trainforsixweeks.

D Wind

Therewasa gentlebreeze onthebeach,justenoughtocoolus.
Therewasaverystrong/highwindandmyumbrellablewaway.
Therewasagalethatday,sowedidn’tgosailing.[veryhighwind]
Peoplestayedindoorsbecausetherewasahurricaneontheway.
[extremelyhigh,dangerouswind]

Common mistakes

The noun weather is uncountable. We say: We had bad weather that day. (NOT We had a bad weather.)

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