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