5 ANGOL SZÓ: Winter weather – Téli időjárás

cold snap (n) = hideghullám
a short period of very cold weather

hail (v) = jégeső
small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain

sleet (n) = havas eső
wet, partly melted falling snow rain that freezes or
partly freezes as it falls from the sky

slush (n) = olvadó, aprószemcsés hó
snow that is lying on the ground and has started to melt
(slushy (jégkása) = a thick drink made from crushed ice and a sweet liquid mainly in the US)

snowbound (adj) = hó által akadályoztatott
vehicles or people unable to travel because of heavy snow, or roads can’t be travelled on or reached because of heavy snow

n (noun)              főnév
v (verb)               ige
adj (adjective)     melléknév

Egészítsétek ki a következő mondatokat az előzőleg megtanult szavak egyikével.

1. Summers are hot and humid and winters are mild, with occasional ______.
2. Put on your waterproof boots because
the streets are covered with dirty, gray ______.
3. As it ______ for a few minutes this morning, driving was very dangerous for me,
it was frightening for me to see those balls of ice in front of me.
4. Snow and ______ brought more problems to the county’s roads last night.
5. Hundreds of vehicles have become ______ due to the heavy snowfall.

keys/megoldások:
1. cold snaps;
2. slush;
3. hailed;
4. sleet;
5. snowbound