- -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
motor • way BrE / ˈməʊtəweɪ / NAmE / ˈmoʊtərweɪ / noun
[ countable , uncountable ]
(in Britain
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 surfaceto 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 directionThere'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 existThe 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)
