Деньги – Money
Еда – Food
Здоровье – Health
Внешность / мода – Appearance / Fashion
Табу
Религия – Religion
Политика – Politics
Секс – Sex
Слухи, сплетни – Gossips
Внешность (в негативном ключе) – Appearance (if negative)
Деньги – Money
Проблемы со здоровьем – Health problems
Проблемы в семье – Family problems
Говорим о погоде
Как сказать о погоде за окном:
Существительное – Прилагательное
sun – sunny
солнце – солнечный
cloud – cloudy
облако – облачный
fog – foggy
туман – туманный
Heat – hot
жара – жаркий
wind – windy
ветер – ветреный
ice – ic(e)y
лед – ледяной, холодный
shower – showery
ливень – дождливый, ливневой
humidity – humid
влажность – влажный
Thunderstorms – Грозы
A spell (= period – период) of very hot weather often with a thunderstorm. First it becomes very humid (= hot and wet – жарко и влажно), then you get thunder (= гром) and lighting (= молния), and finally, very heavy rain (= it pours with rain – ливень). Afterwards, it is usually cooler and it feels fresher.
Как сказать о температуре за окном:
Thermometer
Boiling (= very hot)
очень жарко
Hot
жарко
Warm
тепло
Not very warm
не очень тепло
Cold (also chilly)
холодно / прохладно
Freezing (= very cold)
очень холодно, морозно
People round the world have different ideas about temperature:
● 5°C (five degrees centigrade) is freezing for many Brazilians.
● –10°C (minus ten degrees or ten degrees below zero) is very cold but quite normal in the mountains in Switzerland during the winter when it usually snows a lot.
● 30–35°C is boiling for England and very unusual, but it is very common in parts of Spain during the summer.
Как сказать о ветре:
The first word here is very gentle; the last is more than 100 km per hour and can be very dangerous.
A breeze
ветер, бриз
A wind
ветер
A strong wind
сильный ветер
A gale
шторм, буря
A hurricane
ураган
≡ Examples:
It was a hot day but there was a lovely breeze.
The wind blew my hat off.
The hurricane in Florida destroyed trees and buildings.
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