10328 phrasal verbs weather
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RAIN AND
SNOW
BEAT DOWN
PELT DOWN
COME ON
HOLD OFF
FREEZE UP
SUN AND
CLOUDS
BREAK
THROUGH
1. Come down in large amounts with force
(Lying in bed I could hear the rain
beating down)
2. Informal: fall
very heavily (The rain was pelting down
by the time we got to the top of the
mountain) 3. Start (As soon as we had
left the shelter of the forest, the rain
came on)
4. Not start, although you expect it to
(Fortunately the snow held of until we
had got safely home)
5. Become
blocked with ice and stop working (It was a
very hard winter last year and many
people had problems with pipes
freezing up)
If the sun breaks through (the clouds),
it starts to appear from behind the clouds;
If the sun beats down, it shines very
strongly and makes the air hot;
BEAT DOWN
ROLL IN
If some kind of bad weather such as clouds
or fog rolls in, it appears in a large
amount;
BLOT OUT
If cloud or smoke blots out the sun, it
covers it and prevents it from being seen;
FOG/MIST/
STEAM UP
If windows or glasses fog/mist/steam
up, they become covered with small drops
of water and you can’t see through them
METAPHORS
1. to walk in quickly
and confidently
2. to succeed very
easily
3. suddenly to look
unhappy
4. to become so
afraid - can’t do or say
anything
5. to filling with tears
6. to leave in an
angry way
7. to make smb feel
that he/she is not
1. BREEZE IN
2. BREEZE
THROUGH
3. CLOUD OVER
4. FREEZE UP
5. MIST OVER
6. STORM OUT
7. FREEZE SMB
OUT
1.1 Complete the text below, using
the
correct
The weather forecast
said that
there would be particles
rain later on but we were all hoping
that it would hold …………………… (1) until Ann’s birthday barbecue was over. When
we first arrived, the sun was beating …………………….. (2) and some people were too
hot. But then grey clouds appeared and the rain came ………………………. (3). At first
it was quite light but then it began to pelt ……………………… (4). We had to cook
indoors but Ann wasn’t too disappointed.
Read these sentences and tell your impression which is
positive and which is negative. Explain your answers.
Your pipes at home freeze up
while you are on a skiing
holiday
You are on a long
country walk and
the rain holds of
You have to give a
You storm out of a
meeting
wedding and you
You are
walking by
the sea when
fog rolls in
You can hear the rain beating
down outside as you sit by a
big log fire
You breeze through
an important exam
speech at a friend’s
You receive a
letter that
makes your
face cloud
over
A group of friends start
to freeze you out
You are sitting on the
beach and the sun is
beating down
freeze up
1.2 Complete these sentences using a
phrasal verb. Add any other words that
are needed
1. Jack arrived an hour late but he didn’t seem worried; he just ………………………………………………………… .
2. It was such a sad film. When the hero died I could feel my eyes ………………………………….…………… .
3. Whenever I go from a cold street into a heated shop my glasses …………………………………………………… .
4. I can see a little bit of blue sky. I think the sun is trying to ………………………………………………………… .
5. We’re going to an open air concert tonight. I hope the rain ……………………………………………………………… .
6. I think the weather’s changing for the worse. Look at those clouds ……………………………………………… .
7. Don’t worry about your driving test. I’m sure you’ll ……………………………………………………………………………… .
8. I always get really nervous before oral exams. I’m afraid I’ll ………………………………………………………… .
ANSWERS
1.1
1. OFF; 2. DOWN; 3. ON; 4. DOWN;
1.2
1. BREEZED IN
2. MISTING OVER
3. MIST/FOG/STEAM UP
4. BREAK THROUGH
5. HOLDS OFF
6. ROLLING IN
7. BREEZE THROUGH
8. FREEZE UP
