28. Weather

used to say sth is much worse or more serious than you are saying — English weather is unreliable, to say the ________.

least

extremely cold — We can have winters that are ________ cold.

bitterly

during cold weather, warmer than you expect — or extremely ________ winters.

mild

a short period of time — with long ________ of hot weather.

spells

(of climate) warm and slightly wet — It can get very ________.

humid

(of weather) not bright, with a lot of clouds — generally cloudy and ________.

dull

(of weather) too cold to feel comfortable — Almost any day can be mild or ________.

chilly

heavy rain — there can be torrential rain — a ________ of rain.

downpour

fog that is difficult to see through — thick ________ can occur.

fog

a sudden bright light that comes and goes quickly — flashes of ________.

lightning

rain spread over a large area or happening several times — ________ showers are common.

scattered

not regular; happening occasionally — the ________ rainbow.

odd

a description of the weather expected — Many people listen to the weather ________.

forecast

carefully and with interest — listen very ________.

closely

important enough to have an effect — it has a ________ impact.

significant

needing sth to support you — Farmers are ________ on weather conditions.

dependent

a period of unusually hot weather — A ________ can lead to drought.

heatwave

a situation where there is not enough — water ________ may occur.

shortage

a long period without rain — leading to ________.

drought

a bad storm with strong winds and snow — ________ can stop traffic.

blizzards

reach a situation where activity stops — traffic comes to a ________.

standstill

happening over a large area — causing ________ disruption.

widespread

a situation where it is difficult to continue — disruption on the roads — a ________.

disruption

a very strong wind — ________ cause damage.

gales

a light pleasant wind — A ________ is a light wind.

breeze

cold or bitterly cold — Which is worse: cold or ________ cold?

bitterly

dense fog — thick fog or ________ fog?

dense

hot and humid — Which is worse: hot or hot and ________?

humid

a chilly day — a ________ day or a mild day?

chilly

a downpour — torrential rain or a ________?

downpour

a bright day — a dull day or a ________ day?

bright

occasional rain — the odd shower or ________ showers?

scattered

used to mean quite — quite wet or quite wet, to say the ________.

least

a number of — We’ve had a ________ of showers today.

number

a short period — We had a ________ of cold weather.

spell

extremely cold — It’s been ________ cold this winter.

bitterly

very heavy rain — We had ________ rain this morning.

torrential

very bad fog — I drove through ________ fog.

thick

too cold to feel comfortable — It was ________.

chilly

warmer than I expected — it was ________ than I expected.

milder

occasional — We get the ________ spell of hot weather.

odd

a sudden fall of rain — we had a sudden ________ of rain.

downpour

flashes of lightning — followed by several ________ of lightning.

flashes

used to emphasize — it was ________ frightening.

really

cloudy and dull — today was ________ and dull.

dull

a beautiful coloured arc — there was a ________.

rainbow

warm and slightly wet — it was ________.

humid

too cold to feel comfortable — it felt quite ________.

chilly

cloudy — it was ________.

cloudy

a period of time — with ________ expected later.

showers

a description of weather — The weather ________ predicted snow.

forecast

activity stopping — traffic came to a ________.

standstill

over a large area — ________ disruption occurred.

widespread

very strong winds — ________ caused damage.

gales

need sth — Farmers are ________ on rain.

dependent

a long dry period — another year of ________.

drought

very strong wind speed — We had 65 mph ________.

gales

damage over a large area — caused ________ damage.

widespread

very serious — damage will become more ________.

significant