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Weather Vocabulary
breeze - light wind brisa Don't bother with a hat. There is always a
breeze near the ocean.
Celsius - measurement of In the summer, the average temperature
temperature (0 degrees is Celsius here is 20 degrees Celsius.
freezing/100 is boiling)
chilly - cold frio It's a bit chilly today, so I think you should
wear a coat.
cloud/cloudy - water in the núvem It may look cloudy in the morning, but the
sky that appears as a white or /nublado sun always comes out by afternoon.
grey mass
cool - temperature in fresco The days were boiling hot, but the nights
between warm and cold were cool and comfortable for sleeping.
Degrees - measurement for graus I don't feel the heat until it's about forty
temperature degrees Celsius outside.
drought - a long period with seca Forest fires are a serious danger during a
no rainfall drought.
Fahrenheit - measurement of Fahrenheit It was 100 degrees Fahrenheit when we
temperature (32 degrees is got to San Francisco.
freezing/212 is boiling)
flood - overflow of rain water cheia / The flood was so bad, our basement was
inundação full of water.
fog/foggy - thick water nevoeiro We couldn't see the bridge because there
vapour that blocks one's was too much fog.
vision
forecast - the expected previsão According to the 5 day forecast, it's going
weather for the future to rain on our wedding day.
heat-wave - extremely hot onda de calor During the heat-wave we cooled our beds
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