Vreme = The Weather

1. ELEMENTARY LEVEL

1.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– (the) sun = sonce
– (the) rain = dež
– (the) wind = veter
– a cloud = oblak
– (the) snow = sneg
– (the) fog = megla
– thunder = grom
– lightning = strela, blisk
– to strike = udariti
– a storm = nevihta
– a thunderstorm = nevihta z grmenjem in bliskanjem
– hot = vroč
– warm = topel
– cold = hladen
– wet = moker
– dry = suh
– sunny = sončen
– cloudy = oblačen
– rainy = deževen
– windy = vetroven
– snowy = snežen
– foggy = meglen
– to rain = deževati
– to snow = snežiti
– to shine = sijati
– to blow = pihati
– to fall = padati
– to gather = zbrati (se)
– an umbrella = dežnik
– a season = letni čas
– winter = zima
– spring = pomlad
– summer = poletje
– autumn* = jesen

* V ameriški angleščini se za jesen pretežno uporablja izraz »fall«.

1.2. Phrases = Fraze

– It’s raining. = Dežuje.
– It’s snowing. = Sneži.
– The sun is shining. = Sonce sije.
– We had sun all day. = Cel dan smo imeli sonce.

2. PRE-INTERMEDIATE and INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

2.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– a forecast = napoved
– the heat = vročina
– the cold = mraz
– ice = led
– icy = leden
– chilly = cold = hladno, mrzlo
– cool = prijetno hladno
– to cool off = ohladiti (se)
– mild = zmeren, mil
– freezing (cold) = zelo mrzel
– a shower = ploha
– humidity = vlažnost
– humid = vlažen, soparen
– thick = gost
– light = rahel
– drizzle = pršec
– to drizzle = rositi
– to pour = nalivati
– boiling (hot) = zelo vroč
– a degree = stopinja*
– a heatwave = vročinski val
– a monsoon = monsun
– a breeze = vetrič, sapa
– a gale = močan veter
– gentle = nežen
– a flood = poplava
– a hurricane = orkan
– a tornado = tornado
– a climate = podnebje
– dampness = vlaga
– damp = vlažen**

* V Združenih državah Amerike se za temperaturo uporablja Fahrenheitova lestvica stopinj, zato je spričo poudarjanja razlik pogosta raba besednih zvez kot na primer “40 degrees Celsius” (= 40 stopinj Celzija) in “104 degrees Fahrenheit” (= 104 stopinje Fahrenheita”.
** Za razliko od izrazov »humid« in »humidity« se »damp« oziroma »dampness« lahko uporabljata v različnih kontekstih, ne zgolj v povezavi z ozračjem.
Poleg tega se »humid« običajno nanaša na vročinsko soparo, »damp« pa na hladno in vlažno vreme.

2.2. Phrases = Fraze

– Let’s watch the weather forecast. = Poglejmo si vremensko napoved.
– We had heavy rain. = Imeli smo gost dež/veliko dežja.
– Don’t stand in the pouring rain. = Ne stoj na nalivu.
– The hurricane hit the mainland. = Orkan je dosegel celino.

3. UPPER-INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED LEVEL

3.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– a tempest = vihar
– a whirlwind = zračni vrtinec
– a drought = suša
– rainfall = precipitation* = padavine
– a gust = sunek
– a mist = meglica, megla, pršec
– misty = megličasto
– overcast = prekrito z oblaki
– a torrent = močna ploha, naliv
– torrential (rain) = hud (naliv)
– a ray = žarek
– slush = plundra
– sleet = sodra
– (a) frost = zmrzal
– a blizzard = snežni vihar, snežni metež
– to thaw = to melt = topiti (se), tajati se, kopneti
– a snowdrift = snežni zamet
– hail = toča (pojav)
– a hailstone = toča (kroglica)
– to hail = padanje toče
– a haze = meglica, sparina
– hazy = megleno, soparno
– blustery = zelo vetroven in deževen
– smog = smog
– to clear up = razjasniti (se)
– sultry = soparen

* Izraz »precipitation« se uporablja v strokovnih kontekstih.