atmosphere
/ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/
noun
the different types of gases that surround the earth or other planets
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1Atmospheres have fingerprints.
2Step two, build the atmosphere.
3The artist has really got the atmosphere Absolutely.
4Our atmosphere contains about 20% oxygen and roughly 78% nitrogen.
5The second factor is atmosphere.
cloudy
/ˈkɫaʊdi/
adjective
having many clouds up in the sky
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1It's cloudy.
2This picture is not partially cloudy.
3It's cloudy.
4The night is cloudy.
5We got the cloudy.
to flood
/ˈfɫəd/
verb
to become covered or filled by water
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1British retailers are flooding the U.S. fashion market.
2Protesters flooded the streets in the name of racial justice.
3Letters, diaries, photographs, official military documents, and personal memoirs quickly flooded Du Bois' office.
4Hours later, upset neighbors flooded the streets of Ferguson. -
5People with big guns are flooding the streets.
to freeze
/ˈfɹiz/
verb
(of the weather) to be very cold
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1Freeze this frame.
2[dramatic music] Freeze this frame.
3Also, quiche freezes surprisingly well.
4Freeze the container.
5My chest is getting freeze.
hurricane
/ˈhəɹəˌkeɪnz/, /ˈhɝəˌkeɪn/
noun
a very strong and destructive wind that moves in circles, often seen in the Caribbean
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1Hurricanes bring high winds and treacherous rainfall.
2And of course, hurricanes impact land animals, too.
3This feedback loop turns hurricanes into self-sufficient engines of destruction.
4Hurricanes get more intense.
5Hurricanes are much larger and longer-lasting than tornadoes.
lightning
/ˈɫaɪtnɪŋ/
noun
a bright flash, caused by electricity, in the sky or one that hits the ground from within the clouds
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1So lightning hit the tree?
2Lightning can send out a million volts of electricity!
3Lightning can cause great damage to buildings - especially tall buildings.
4Our world needs lightning.
5- Lightning feels.
to pour
/ˈpɔɹ/
verb
to rain heavily and in a large amount
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1Pour the yeast mixture right in there.
2- Pour the smoothie.
3Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.
4The incompetent steward is about to pour tepid coffee into your crotch.
5My tail, pour some more water on here.
rainfall
/ˈɹeɪnˌfɔɫ/
noun
the amount or the event of rain falling in a particular area in a given time
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1Excessive rainfall can dilute the salt in the water, which could kill the oysters.
2For them, rainfall is everything.
3Rainfall will provide a good source of drinkable water.
4It receives the least rainfall in the country, lowest rainfall.
5Rainfall is up.
snowfall
/ˈsnoʊfɑɫ/
noun
the amount of snow that falls from the sky, or the time when it starts to snow during a period of time
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1Had my first snowfall here.
2Snowfall accumulates in staggering depths.
3Record snowfall gives deep cover for rodents like the vole.
4Record snowfall along the banks gives deep cover for animals like the vole.
5In January 2020, heavy snowfall in India's state of Himachal Pradesh caused a series of dramatic avalanches.
tornado
/tɔɹˈneɪˌdoʊ/
noun
a strong and dangerous type of wind, which is formed like a turning cone, usually causing damage
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1Tornadoes begin with a thunderstorm but not just any thunderstorm.
2Tornadoes are extremely unpredictable.
3Tornadoes happen all over the world.
4Tornadoes can change direction very quickly.
5Tornadoes are one of the deadliest forces of nature on Earth.
avalanche
/ˈævəˌɫæntʃ/
noun
large amounts of snow falling from mountains
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1There's avalanches.
2The shrimp mountain is an avalanche.
3The avalanches are now a constant backdrop.
4Today's word is avalanche.
5The word avalanche is a noun.
blizzard
/ˈbɫɪzɝd/
noun
a storm with heavy snowfall and strong winds
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1Imagine blizzards in Florida, Brazil, Kenya!
2A blizzard is a kind of big snowstorm.
3Blizzards start in the same way that some other powerful storms start: when two big areas of air meet.
4I love blizzards.
5This blizzard is causing problems for a family.
drought
/ˈdɹaʊt/
noun
a long period of time when there is not much raining
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1Drought puts our natural resources and way of life at risk.
2Droughts are intensifying.
3For some, the drought provides an opportunity.
4Take droughts for example.
5Parts of Africa have terrible drought.
forecast
/ˈfɔɹˌkæst/
noun
a prediction of what will happen such as a change in the weather
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1Church officials today forecast red ink of nearly $60 million this year.
2Almost none of it was forecast some decades ago.
3Almost none of it was forecast some decades ago.
4In terms of relatively accurate predictions, a surprising number of developers correctly forecasted the presence of cloud-based streaming platforms.
5They forecast the future of France.
typhoon
/ˌtaɪˈfun/
noun
a tropical storm with violent winds moving in a circle, occurring in West Pacific Ocean
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1Makes typhoons.
2Say that with me, typhoon.
3Typhoons in East Asia are another distinction between this part of the monsoon and that of the Indian part.
4Weathering out the typhoon in style.
5The vernacular would be typhoon.
acid rain
/ˈæsɪd ɹˈeɪn/
noun
rain containing a great deal of acidic chemicals, caused by air pollution, which can harm the environment
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1Acid rain fell all over the planet, devastating life on land.
2This is acid rain.
3Unlike normal rain, that is slightly acidic, acid rain contains high levels of nitric and sulfuric acids.
4Acid rain doesn't occur naturally.
5And because of these highly dangerous substances in volcanic ash, acid rain can start.
centigrade
/ˈsɛntəˌɡɹeɪd/
adjective
related to or using a temperature scale on which water boils at 100° and freezes at 0°
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1The optimum temperature for the growth of coral is between 26 and 27 degrees centigrade.
2The optimum temperature for the growth of coral is between 26 and 27 degrees centigrade.
3It's about 18 to 20 degrees Centigrade.
4So the background here is around about 50 degrees centigrade.
5It's up around 55 to 60 degrees centigrade.
cyclone
/sɪˈkɫoʊn/
noun
a violent storm with winds moving in circles
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1The scientific term for these powerful storms is tropical cyclones.
2This cyclone is going to have extremely high wind speeds and extremely heavy rainfall.
3A cyclone was heading towards them Dorthy!
4Sometimes the word cyclone has other connotations.
5Cyclone by Dub Pistols.
downpour
/ˈdaʊnpɔɹ/
noun
a brief heavy rainfall
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1The rain is beating down in a heavy downpour.
2The opposite of the previous picture, here, there is a downpour.
3There is a downpour.
4It was a downpour.
5It was a torrential downpour.
Fahrenheit
/ˈfɛɹənˌhaɪt/
adjective
related to or using a temperature scale on which water boils at 212° and freezes at 32°
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1The incinerators burn the trash at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
2Magcargo Magcargo's body temperature is roughly18,000 degrees fahrenheit.
3Paper burns at 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
4At this time of year, temperatures exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
5The ideal ambient temperature for chocolate tempering is 70 Fahrenheit.
frost
/ˈfɹɔst/
noun
a weather condition during which the temperature drops below the freezing point and thin layers of ice are formed on the surfaces
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1Chocolate frosted.
2The cake is frosted.
3The back glass in the TCL 10 Pro is frosted.
4You frosted your hair.
5Frost aggressively defines his work against that context.
monsoon
/mɑnˈsun/
noun
a period in the summer during which wind blows and rain falls in India or other hot South Asian countries
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1The monsoon is a taker as well as a bringer of life.
2This region still received yearly monsoon rains.
3The monsoon season is crucial.
4The success of the harvest depends on the summer monsoons.
5The success of the harvest depends on the summer monsoons.
heat wave
/hˈiːt wˈeɪv/
noun
a period of hot weather, usually hotter and longer than before
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1The heat wave is here.
2THE HEAT WAVE HAPPENING THREE-TIMES MORE OFTEN SINCE THE 1960s.
3Severe heat waves kill thousands of people.
4Heat waves get stronger.
5- I'd say Heat Wave.
humidity
/hjuˈmɪdəti/
noun
the quality or condition of being humid
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1Water misters increase humidity.
2Sometimes humidity affects the skin too.
3Humidity also plays a very important role.
4Take humidity into consideration.
5I hate humidity.
mist
/ˈmɪst/
noun
a thin cloud of tiny drops of water or condensed vapor close to the ground or a water surface
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1Mists that look almost human pour from the ground.
2- I also mist my face.
3I mist the leaves.
4Like, mist the plates
5You get the mist.
thunder
/ˈθəndɝ/
noun
the loud crackling noise that is heard from the sky during a storm
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1And that vibration of the air, finally, gives you thunder.
2One of them says thunder.
3Thunder, feel the thunder.
4"No," thundered the voice.
5thundered the gentleman.
vapor
/ˈveɪpɝ/
noun
extremely small drops of liquid in the air, resulted from the heating of the liquid
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1The reaction produces an electrical current and releases water vapor as a byproduct.
2The combustion of trees, grass, and other vegetation produces water vapor.
3So a heat pipe basically has some vapor inside.
4E-cigarette vapor contains small amounts of many different substances.
5The vapors reduce inflammation and clear sinuses and congestion.
torrent
/ˈtɔɹənt/
noun
a powerful stream of water or other liquid that moves very fast
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1Marine mammals, birds and land predators rely on this torrent of proteins and carbohydrates which every year sweeps across the land.
2Marine mammals, birds and land predators rely on this torrent of proteins and carbohydrates which every year sweeps across the land.
3Severe monsoon rains have transformed shallow rivers into lethal torrents.
4Find a torrent site online where you can download torrents.
5I wouldn't even torrent it!
to shower
/ˈʃaʊɝ/
verb
to rain or snow as if in a shower
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1I finally showered, after a couple of days.
2- Shower your happy tree.
3I hated showers!
4We do a morning breakfast, shower.
5Get shower.
celsius
/ˈsɛɫsiəs/
noun
Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)
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1Celsius, which by the way, wasn't invented by Celsius at all.
2This next layer down is between 4,000 and 6,000 degrees Celsius!
3So say 12 degrees celsius.
4Celsius is part of the metric system?
5Temperature of my hand is 30 Celsius.

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