WEATHER Flashcards
(69 cards)
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podnebje
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- The climate refers to the general weather conditions in a place.
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letni časi
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four seasons: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.
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vreme
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- Weather refers to the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
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padavine
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- Wet weather (precipitation (padavine) — rain or snow that falls on an area)
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mokro vreme
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- damp > drizzle > pour down / downpour > torrential rain > flood
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zelo močno pada
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- to rain/snow heavily, it snowed hard
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hladno
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chilly
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vlažno
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damp
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škropljenje
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drizzle
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lije
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pouring down
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naliv
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downpour
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premočen
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drenched/soaked
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dež, ki lije v tokovih
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torrential rain
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poplavljene ceste
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flooded roads
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ploha
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shower
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nevihta
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storm
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nevihta z grmljenjem
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thunderstorm
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toča
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hailstones
hail (uncountable)
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oblačen
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overcast
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jasni se
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clearing up
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suša
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drought
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blag, mil
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mild
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žled
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blizzard
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slabo vreme
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a current spell of bad weather
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nenadna kratka ohladitev
cold snap
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plojdra
slush
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reke narastejo čez bregove
rivers burst their banks
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mile zime
mild winters
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vodna ujma
* Snowstorm blizzard flash flood
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vlažno
* Damp cold, vlažno mold
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soparno
humid --> hot, vlažno
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1 strela
a flash of lightning
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trenutno vreme
* A current spell of weather a period of weather
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da te zadene strela
to be struck by lightning
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zagrmi
* Roll of thunder zagrmi
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zelo oblačno
very cloudy
overcast
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nevihta z grmljenjem
* Thunder, lightning and heavy rain thunderstorm
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nevihta
* High winds and rain together storm
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ploha
* A short period of rain and snow shower
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toča
* Small balls of ice falling from the sky hailstones
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megla, ko imaš občutek da se ti blede
* Haze/hazy light mist, usually caused by heat
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nežna megla
* Mist/misty light fog, often on the sea or caused by a drizzle
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megla
* Fog/foggy quite thick, associated with cold weather (thick, dense fog)
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megla v pasovih
patchy fog
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nejasen spomin
hazy memory
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veter
* Wind (northerly, westerly, easterly, northeasterly)
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nežen vetrič
* There was a gentle breeze on the beach, just enough to cool us.
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močno piha
* It's a very blustery day; the umbrella will just blow away.
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vihar
* There's been a gale warning; it would be crazy to go sailing.
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hurikan
* People boarded up their windows when they heard there was a hurricane on the way.
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sunek vetra
gush of wind
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veter se je umiril, sinonim in nasprotje
* The wind has died down. Synonyms: dropped Opposite: to pick up
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dež je ponehal
* The rain has ease off
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tekla je hitro kolikor jo noge nesejo
* She ran like the wind
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temperature po vrsti od najhladnejše do najtoplejše
* Temperature bitterly, freezing cold > cold > chilly > cool > warm > hot > boiling hot, scorching hot (scolding hot liquid)
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hladno
* Cool: rather cold, but not very cold
* chilly. unpleasantly cold
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zmrzal
* frost: when the temperature falls (drop) below zero (freezing point) There was a heavy frost last night. (zmrzal)
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sveže
* fresh: pleasantly cold; a fresh morning
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expressions for describing the weather
* Bright and sunny
* Cold and damp/misty
* Bright and frosty
* Fine and dry
* Hot and sticky/humid
* Hot and stuffy
* Sunny and warm
* Warm and dry
* Wet and overcast/windy
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to have a very angry expression
(to have a face/to look) like thunder
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when things don’t just go wrong but very wrong and other bad things happen too
* It never rains but it pours
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you can depend on someone to be there no matter what or whatever the weather
(come) rain or shine
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to feel well
* To be as (right) as rain
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when someone tries to do something that they will not achieve
* To chase a rainbow
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decline something now but offer to do it at a later date
* Take a rain check (on something)
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there is always something positive to come out of an unpleasant or difficult situation
* Every cloud has a silver lining
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when someone takes attention away from someone else
* To steal someone’s thunder
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you are not feeling well
* Be/feel under the weather
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not trusted or not popular because people think they have done something bad
(to be) under a cloud
