5. Időjárás, klíma A1B2 (61) – altémák

Időjárás, klíma* (26) 1. Időjárás, meleg, napsütés (19) 2. Köd, eső (16)

blow verb /bləʊ/ *(blew, blown) 1 fúj (szél) [I]

The wind was blowing harder every minute.

freeze verb /friːz/ *(froze, frozen) 1 fagy, megfagy, befagy; fagyaszt, megfagyaszt, befagyaszt [I or T]

Water freezes at a temperature of 0°C.

The ground had frozen hard/solid.

When the lake freezes (over), we can go skating on it.

snow verb /snəʊ/ [I] havazik, esik a hó

It's snowing.

It's starting to snow.

It had snowed overnight and a thick white layer covered the ground.

breeze noun /briːz/ [C] szellő

a cool breeze

She let the gentle breeze cool her face.

frost noun /frɒst/ [C or U] fagy; dér, zúzmara

When I woke up this morning the ground was covered with frost.

There was a frost last night.

There were a lot of hard frosts that winter.

lightning noun /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/ [U] villám, villámlás

thunder and lightning

a flash of lightning

That tree was struck by lightning.

She changed her clothes with lightning speed.

snow noun /snəʊ/ [U] hó

Outside the snow began to fall.

Let's go and play in the snow!

A blanket of snow lay on the ground.

Her hair was jet-black, her lips ruby-red and her skin as white as snow.

storm noun /stɔːm/ [C] vihar

A lot of trees were blown down in the recent storms.

They're still clearing up the storm damage.

thunder noun /ˈθʌn.dər/ [U] mennydörgés

thunder and lightning

tornado noun /tɔːˈneɪd.əʊ/ [C] plural: tornados or tornadoes forgószél, tornádó

A tornado had swept through the north of the state, causing terrible destruction.

wind noun /wɪnd/ [C or U] szél

There isn't enough wind to fly a kite.

The weather forecast warned of strong/high winds and rain for today.

There was a light/gentle wind blowing.

There wasn't a breath of wind.

The wind is beginning to pick up.

zero number /ˈzɪə.rəʊ/ plural: zeros or zeroes 2 nulla fok, fagypont

The temperature is expected to drop to ten degrees below zero tonight.

bitter adjective /ˈbɪt.ər/ 5 kegyetlen hideg, metsző (pl. szél)

a bitter wind

cold adjective /kəʊld/ 1 hideg (hőmérséklet)

cold weather

a cold day

cold food/water

cold hands

My feet are so cold.

It's freezing cold today.

cool adjective /kuːl/ 2 hűvös, hűsítő

cool water

a nice cool breeze

fierce adjective /fɪəs/ 2 heves, vad (erős, hatalmas) (vihar, tűzvész, stb.)

a fierce wind

The government's policies came under fierce attack.

Fire fighters had to retreat from the fierce heat.

freezing adjective /ˈfriː.zɪŋ/ dermesztő hideg

It's absolutely freezing in here - can I close the window?

They survived for four hours in the freezing water.

After walking through the snow, my feet were freezing.

frozen adjective /ˈfrəʊ.zən/ 2 befagyott (víz)

They skated over the frozen lake.

icy adjective /ˈaɪ.si/ 1 jeges (jéggel borított)

icy roads

icy adjective /ˈaɪ.si/ 2 jeges (nagyon hideg) (időjárás, szél, stb.)

an icy wind

rough adjective /rʌf/ 3 durva, viharos (időjárás, tenger)

The boat sank in rough seas off the Swedish coast.

stormy adjective /ˈstɔː.mi/ 1 viharos (időjárás)

a stormy night

stormy seas

windy adjective /ˈwɪn.di/ szeles (időjárás)

It was a windy night.

It was wet and windy for most of the week.

Phrasal verbs:

blow away ↔ (sth) /bləʊ/ elfúj vmit (elhord, elvisz) (a szél)

The letter blew away and I had to run after it.

The wind blew the balloon away and we watched it disappear.

blow down ↔ (sth) /bləʊ/ ledönt, kidönt, lever (a szél)

Two huge trees had blown down in the storm.

The wind blew our fence down last night.

Phrases and idioms:

the cold hideg (időjárás, hőmérséklet)

Don't stand out there in the cold - come in!

5. lecke (A1) – 16. lecke (A2) – 34. lecke (B1) – 61. lecke (B2) – 88. lecke (C1) – 107. lecke (C2)