Stormy Weather

• -storm 
• angry 
• blizzard 
• blow over 
• blow up 
• bolt 
• clap 
• cyclone
• electrical storm 
• elemental 
• hailstorm 
• hurricane 
• lightning
• rainstorm 
• sheet lightning 
• snowstorm 
• squall 
• storm 
• storm cloud
• storm surge 
• stormy 
• tempest 
• tempestuous 
• thunder n 
• thunder v
• thunderbolt 
• thunderclap 
• thunderstorm 
• thundery 
• tornado 
• twister
• typhoon 
• waterspout 
• whirlwind

Storm: very bad weather with strong winds and rain.

Hurricane-force winds: very strong winds

Blown: past participle of blow (blow, blew, blown) what the winds does

Scorching: very hot.

Heat: the noun of hot.

Melting: becoming liquid because of the heat.

Sweat: to lose water through the skin when you are hot, ill or afraid.

Fan: a machine with blades that go round to create a current of air.

Frozen: past participle of freeze = to become hard and often turn to ice.

Thaws: (of snow) to become water again.

Slippery: difficult to stand or walk on because it is very wet or icy.

Shivering: shaking a little because you are cold.

Sweating: losing water through the skin when you are hot, ill or afraid.

Got soaked: got very very wet.

Humid: warm and damp.

Melt: (of snow) become water.

Get sunburnt: have red skin because of having spent too long in the sun.

Ripping:

BrE / rɪp /  verb

1 [ transitive ,  intransitive ] to tear sth or to become torn, often suddenly or violently

~ (sth) I ripped my jeans on the fence.

Grab hold:

grab verb, noun BrE / ɡræb / verb

 ( -bb- )

1 [ transitive ,  intransitive ] to take or hold sb/sth with your hand suddenly, firmly or roughly

seize

~ (sth) She grabbed the child's hand and ran.  -  He grabbed hold of me and wouldn't let go.

French window: noun [ usually plural ]

a glass door, usually one of a pair, that leads to a garden/yard or balcony

Yard:

yard BrE / jɑːd / noun

1 ( BrE ) an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a surrounding wall

the prison yard

The children were playing in the yard at the front of the school.

2 ( NAmE )

( BrE gar • den )

a piece of land next to or around your house where you can grow flowers, fruit, vegetables, etc, usually with a lawn (= an area of grass)

Awesome:

NAmE / ˈɔːsəm / adjective

2 ( especially NAmE , informal ) very good, enjoyable, etc

I just bought this awesome new CD!

Wow! That's totally awesome!

awe • some • ly / BrE ˈɔːsəmli ; NAmE ˈɔːsəmli / adverb

awesomely beautiful  -  The issue is awesomely complex.

Trance:

trance BrE / trɑːns / noun

1 [ countable ] a state in which sb seems to be asleep but is aware of what is said to them, for example if they are hypnotized

to go/fall into a trance

Interstate 5:

inter • state noun NAmE / ˈɪntərsteɪt / noun

 ( also ˌinterstate ˈhighway )

(in the US) a wide road, with at least two lanes in each direction, where traffic can travel fast for long distances across many states. You can only enter and leave interstates at special ramps .

motor • way BrE / ˈməʊtəweɪ / NAmE / ˈmoʊtərweɪ / noun

 [ countable ,  uncountable ]

(in Britain) a wide road, with at least two lanes in each direction, where traffic can travel fast for long distances between large towns. You can only enter and leave motorways at special junctions

busy/congested motorways

Join the motorway at Junction 19.  - Leave the motorway at the next exit.

A nine-mile stretch of motorway has been closed.

a motorway service area / service station

The speed limit on motorways should be enforced.

Trucks

truck noun, verb BrE / trʌk / noun

1 ( especially NAmE )

( BrE also lorry )

a large vehicle for carrying heavy loads by road

a truck driver 

tornadonoun 

/tɔːˈneɪ.dəʊ//tɔːrˈneɪ.doʊ/ [C] (plural tornados ortornadoes) (US informal also twister)

Definition

a strong dangerous wind which forms itself into an upside-down spinning cone and is able to destroy buildings as it moves across the ground

STORM CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON

lieverb (POsition)

Definition

•

[I + adverb or preposition L] (lying, lay, lain) to be in or move into a horizontal position on a surface

to lie in bed  -   to lie on a beach  -  to lie on your side

A cat lay in front of the fire.

He lies awake at night, worrying.

A pen lay on the desk.

•

[I + adverb or preposition L] (lying, lay, lain) If something lies in a particular place, position or direction, it is in that place, position or direction

There's an old pair of shoes of yours lying at/in the bottom of the wardrobe.

The river lies 30km to the south.

Cambridge United are lying third in the league.

The town lay in ruins.

The ship lies off (= is positioned near) the coast of Spain.

•

[I + adverb or preposition] (lying, lay, lain) to exist

The hardest part of the competition still lies ahead of us.

lie 2 verb, noun

BrE / laɪ /

NAmE / laɪ /

( lies , lying , lied , lied ) [ intransitive ]

to say or write sth that you know is not true

You could see from his face that he was lying.

~ (to sb) (about sth) Don't lie to me!

She lies about her age.

The camera cannot lie (= give a false impression) .

see also liar

lie through your ˈteeth ( informal ) to say sth that is not true at all

The witness was clearly lying through his teeth.

lie your way into/out of sth

to get yourself into or out of a situation by lying

noun

 a statement made by sb knowing that it is not true

to tell a lie

The whole story is nothing but a pack of lies .

a barefaced lie (= a lie that is deliberate and shocking)