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weary of listening to a parade of historical facts. ^ fr j|] fg M fllr & $        & K Mo ► wear-ily /'wiarali;

NAmE ‘wir-/ adv.: He closed his eyes wearily. #, S iSc ife $J±7K!W0 weariness noun [U]

* verb (wear ies, weary-ing, wear ied, wear ied) 1 [VN] (format) to make sb feel tired         fSUf# H771 tire

2 [V] ~ of sth/of doing sth to lose your interest in or enthusiasm for sth (■)#••• )          AA$Vlf Ctm

tire: She soon wearied of his stories. ilk

weasel /‘wi:zl/ noun, verb

»noun a small wild animal with reddish-brown fur, a long thin body and short legs. Weasels eat smaller animals. JtWil

■ verb (-II-, NAmE-I-) fflll-m .weasel 'out (of sth) (informal, disapproving, especially NAmE) to avoid doing sth that you ought to do or have promised to do jgf, ff£ i# ( jtfi) : He’s now trying to weasel out of our agreement. ftk$il£lEi&ftj§jii£7IMni^45J&^fS

'weasel word noun [usually pi.] (informal, disapproving) a word that has little meaning, or more than one meaning, that you use when you want to avoid saying sth in a clear or direct way A i&; ^ ISB M SI i£; ft

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types of weather

Rain M

■                  Drizzle is fine light rain. * drizzle fa

■                  A shower is a short period of rain. * shower ff§

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m A downpour or a cloudburst is a heavy fall of rain that often starts suddenly. * downpour §£ cloudburst

■                  When it is raining very hard you can say that it is

pouring. In informal BrE you can also say that it is bucketing down or chucking it down. You can also say: The heavens opened.      pouring,

bucketing down A chucking it down 0 *£ nl The heavens opened 0

Storms MU

■                  A cyclone and a typhoon are types of violent tropical storms with very strong winds. * cyclone ffl typhoon ft^$E, nM0

■                  A hurricane has very strong winds and is usually at sea. * hurricane M^fB$S±f$0iMo

■                  A monsoon is a period of very heavy rain in particular countries, or the wind that brings this rain.

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■                  A squall is a sudden strong, violent wind, usually in a rain or snow storm. * squall ftTEilMW^tllMli

m A tornado (or twister informal) has very strong winds which move in a circle, often with a long narrow cloud. * tornado    twister ) ft

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■                  A whirlwind moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage. * whirlwind

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■                  A blizzard is a snow storm with very strong winds. * blizzard ffUMlto

■                  Tempest is used mainly in literary language to describe a violent storm. * tempest ±1?;^

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wea-ther, o-w /'wedd(r)/ noun, verb

mnoun [U] 1 the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, such as the temperature, and

if there is wind, rain, sun, etc. A A;  \ hot/cold/

wet/fine/summer/windy, etc. weather       M

Mi. BigJf, XA, S'JM0 Did you have good weather on your trip? # it     A A ? o I’m not

going out in this weather! # A A 7 £ /h fl 01)!  0

There’s going to be a change in the weather. A it o O if the weather holds/breaks (= if the good weather continues/changes) #n^AAj£l!-&^£F/3E:i7 0 The weather is very changeable at the moment. fj&07A H^itftlfco 0 ‘Are you going to the beach tomorrow?’ ‘It depends on the weather. ’ “ jfc Bjf A      ? ”

“SPIIIf'A AM/Eo; . ” 0 We’ll have the party outside, weather permitting (= if it doesn’t rain). AAAi^lft is,      &&&&'«. 0 a weather map/

chart ^ % IH 0 a weather report H % ft er 2 the weather (informal) a report of what the weather will be like, that is on the radio or television, or in the newspapers n, % M ft: to listen to the weather i|£ PJf H H. M ft Iran in 'all weathers (BrE) in all kinds of weather, good and bad 7ifeAA#?f7; MMAfS: She goes out jogging in all weathers. A ife A A *7,

keep a 'weather eye on sb/sth to watch sb/sth carefully in case you need to take action 77 • • At Wunder the 'weather (informal) if you are or feel under the weather, you feel slightly ill/sick and not as well as usual 7f 7 il; ^

— more at brass, heavy adj. m verb 1 to change, or make sth change, colour or shape because of the effect of the sun, rain or wind ( @^M BBS. fc)i!&,          »: [V] This

brick weathers to a warm pinkish-brown colour. fit %. B   0 [VN] Her face was

weathered by the sun. M fill jj& Bg H 7 0 2 [VN] to come safely through a difficult period or experience ft, 7-it tlf M (        ) : The company just managed to

weather the recession. &     ^ M    ^ ii ^ o 0

She refuses to resign, intending to weather the storm (= wait until the situation improves again). Mf7£fe£$

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'weather balloon noun a balloon" that carries instruments into the atmosphere to measure weather conditions HMtHtt

'weather-beaten adj. [usually before noun] (especially of a person or their skin ^tfaA^A^IiS^) rough and damaged because the person spends a lot of time outside ( ®M^BBim»J, BgM, weather board /' weQaboid; NAmE 'weOarboird/ (also clap-board especially in NAmB) noun one of a series of long, narrow, horizontal pieces of wood, each with one edge thicker than the other. They are fixed to the outside walls of a house with the bottom of one over the top of the one below, to cover the wall and protect it from rain and wind. MMI7 a weatherboard

house 3c^7£t► weather-boarded adj. wea ther-board ing noun [U]

'weather centre (BrE) (US 'weather bureau) noun a place where information about the weather is collected and reports are prepared ; Alr-iA