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Weather

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Celsius - noun - measurement of temperature (0 degrees is freezing/100 is boiling) In the summer, the average temperature here is 20 degrees Celsius.
chilly - adjective - cold. It's a bit chilly today.
clear - adjective - when the sky is blue because no clouds are blocking the sun. On a clear night you can see a lot of stars.
cloud/cloudy - noun/adjective - water in the sky that appears as a white or grey mass. It may look cloudy in the morning, but the sun always comes out by afternoon.
cold spell - adjective + noun - a period of colder than average weather. They reckon there'll be a cold spell, so we put off our camping trip.
cool - adjective - temperature in between warm and cold. The days were boiling hot, but the nights were cool and comfortable for sleeping.

avalanche - noun - a dangerous slide of snow down a mountain .The skiers were warned about a possible avalanche.
below freezing - preposition/adjective - A
temperature less than 0 degrees Celsius/(32F) It's supposed to go below freezing before the weekend.
blizzard - noun - a storm with lots of snow and wind. The airplane couldn't take-off because of the blizzard.
boiling hot - adjective + noun common expression for describing a very hot day. It was boiling hot, so we all jumped into the lake.
breeze - noun light wind Don't bother with a hat. There is always a breeze near the ocean.

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