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               weather that is much higher                      down with ice packs.
               than average--usually lasts a
               short time


               hurricane - a tropical storm    furacão          Half of the buildings on the island were
               with very strong wind and rain                   flattened by the hurricane.


               lightning - electric flash      relâmpago        The outdoor pool always closes when the
               caused by two clouds hitting                     lifeguards suspect lightning.


               rain/rainy - water that falls to   chuva /       My hair is all wet and messy from the rain.
               earth                           chuvoso



               rainbow - a band of colours     arco-íris        According to legend you can find a pot of
               found in the sky after a rainfall                gold at the end of a rainbow.


               snow/snowy - frozen water       neve             There is already a lot of snow up in the
               that warms slightly as it falls                  mountains, so the ski season should be
               to earth                                         great this year.



               sun/sunny - the star that       sol /            It’s sunny today!
               warms the earth                 solarengo



               thunder/thunderstorm -          trovoada         Let's close all of the windows. It looks like a
               the crashing of clouds (often                    thunderstorm is coming.
               followed by a strike of
               lightning and heavy rain)

               tornado/cyclone -               tornado          The tornado picked up everything in its
               violently spinning windstorm                     path, including animals and cars.

               umbrella - held over one's                       I always keep an umbrella in my car in
               head and body for rain          guarda-chuva     case of rain.
               protection

               warm – pleasant temperature  quente              We can go to the swimming-pool today
                                                                because it’s warm.
               wind/windy - blowing air        vento /          It's too windy to play golf today.
               outside                         ventoso








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