WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.859 Baby, it's cold outside, but do you know how 00:00:02.859 --> 00:00:06.160 to actually talk about winter weather like a 00:00:06.160 --> 00:00:09.460 native speaker? Well, after today, you will. 00:00:10.140 --> 00:00:12.720 Hello, English learners. Welcome back to the 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:15.119 Learn English podcast, the podcast that teaches 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:17.440 English in context so you can learn naturally. 00:00:17.780 --> 00:00:21.699 On today's episode, I want to focus on vocabulary 00:00:21.699 --> 00:00:26.219 and specifically winter vocabulary. I want to 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:29.019 talk about the words and phrases that you will 00:00:29.019 --> 00:00:32.780 hear when people are discussing winter. So if 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:35.179 you're interested in learning these phrases, 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:38.240 well, of course, practicing your listening comprehension, 00:00:38.539 --> 00:00:41.320 then follow along because we're about to begin. 00:00:47.140 --> 00:00:49.420 Before we get started, I want to remind you to 00:00:49.420 --> 00:00:51.960 look at the description of this podcast episode. 00:00:52.539 --> 00:00:54.960 There you will find a list of the words and phrases 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:58.039 that I used so you can take them, study them, 00:00:58.140 --> 00:01:00.619 and build your English vocabulary. Now let's 00:01:00.619 --> 00:01:04.040 talk about these winter vocabulary terms. I'm 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:06.510 going to start off with some things that are 00:01:06.510 --> 00:01:10.590 related to cold weather. Because wintertime usually 00:01:10.590 --> 00:01:14.730 means that the temperature has gotten colder, 00:01:14.870 --> 00:01:17.549 that the temperature has gone down. I know it's 00:01:17.549 --> 00:01:20.090 not like that everywhere. I have seen a couple 00:01:20.090 --> 00:01:23.129 YouTube comments about people talking about Bogota, 00:01:23.170 --> 00:01:25.750 specifically how the weather does not change 00:01:25.750 --> 00:01:29.099 all year round. But for most of the world, the 00:01:29.099 --> 00:01:32.099 temperature changes with the seasons. So let's 00:01:32.099 --> 00:01:35.060 talk about these words that we use when the weather 00:01:35.060 --> 00:01:39.739 gets cooler. The first term is freezing. Freezing 00:01:39.739 --> 00:01:43.159 literally means that something is the temperature 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:46.239 where water freezes. That would be 0 degrees 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:50.519 Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit. reminder i 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:53.340 am from the united states we use fahrenheit for 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:55.900 our temperatures so if you are in the united 00:01:55.900 --> 00:01:59.719 states you're only going to use fahrenheit if 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:01.700 you're not from the united states i understand 00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:03.719 that you have no clue what that means so i'm 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:06.480 going to also be including the celsius temperature 00:02:07.209 --> 00:02:09.969 If someone tells you that it is freezing outside, 00:02:10.210 --> 00:02:13.009 if they are being literal, that means it is zero 00:02:13.009 --> 00:02:16.069 degrees Celsius, 32 Fahrenheit. But a lot of 00:02:16.069 --> 00:02:18.750 times people will just say that phrase, even 00:02:18.750 --> 00:02:21.610 though it's really not that cold. for example 00:02:21.610 --> 00:02:24.330 i live here in southern california it does not 00:02:24.330 --> 00:02:27.189 get to actual freezing temperatures here even 00:02:27.189 --> 00:02:30.789 during the winter it is very rare that the temperature 00:02:30.789 --> 00:02:34.349 ever goes below freezing where i live so instead 00:02:34.349 --> 00:02:38.430 people say this when it's a lot warmer than actual 00:02:38.430 --> 00:02:41.349 freezing temperatures Normally, the lowest the 00:02:41.349 --> 00:02:43.930 temperature gets here during the winter is about 00:02:43.930 --> 00:02:48.009 13 degrees Celsius, which is around 45 degrees 00:02:48.009 --> 00:02:50.789 Fahrenheit, and that is considered extremely 00:02:50.789 --> 00:02:53.870 cold for where I am. When the temperature does 00:02:53.870 --> 00:02:56.710 get that low, people, at least in my part of 00:02:56.710 --> 00:02:59.030 Southern California, will say that it's freezing. 00:02:59.289 --> 00:03:02.370 I've had students come in with sweatshirts on 00:03:02.370 --> 00:03:05.270 and dressed very warmly, and they come into my 00:03:05.270 --> 00:03:07.969 classroom and they say it's freezing outside. 00:03:08.189 --> 00:03:12.810 And actually it's like 19 degrees Celsius, but 00:03:12.810 --> 00:03:16.389 for them that is freezing. In other parts of 00:03:16.389 --> 00:03:18.629 the country though, they are used to snow. They 00:03:18.629 --> 00:03:21.870 are used to having that freezing weather. So 00:03:21.870 --> 00:03:24.389 for them, they are not going to say that it's 00:03:24.389 --> 00:03:28.189 freezing when it is 15 degrees Celsius outside. 00:03:28.530 --> 00:03:32.030 Instead, people will usually use the term chilly. 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:35.780 Chili is usually used when it's around 13 to 00:03:35.780 --> 00:03:40.159 17 degrees Celsius, about 45 to 55 Fahrenheit. 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:44.659 That is cold enough where you would use a sweatshirt 00:03:44.659 --> 00:03:48.280 or a jacket, but not really the type of weather 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:50.520 where you would have any snow, nothing that's 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:54.319 really extremely cold. So chili can be used when 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:58.699 it is colder than normal, when you need to dress 00:03:58.699 --> 00:04:01.360 appropriately for the weather, but it's not extremely 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:06.030 cold. yet. When you do have those colder temperatures 00:04:06.030 --> 00:04:09.710 you can get a thin layer of ice that forms on 00:04:09.710 --> 00:04:12.650 the ground and if you park your car outside you 00:04:12.650 --> 00:04:15.250 might notice that there's also a thin layer of 00:04:15.250 --> 00:04:17.750 ice on your car, especially on your windows. 00:04:18.009 --> 00:04:22.220 That is called frost. so frost is the thin layer 00:04:22.220 --> 00:04:25.360 of ice that is usually seen in the mornings and 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:27.800 normally at least here in southern california 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:31.500 it burns off after a few hours it doesn't stick 00:04:31.500 --> 00:04:34.000 around because it warms up during the day but 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:36.519 during the night time the temperature is low 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:39.959 enough for that frost to occur you might also 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:43.420 see the word frosty when someone is describing 00:04:43.420 --> 00:04:46.339 the conditions they might say that it's frosty 00:04:46.339 --> 00:04:49.620 outside or they might say that there is some 00:04:49.620 --> 00:04:53.939 frost outside. So frost would be the noun. Frosty 00:04:53.939 --> 00:04:56.480 would be the adjective that you're using to describe 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:59.220 the noun. Even though it might not be extremely 00:04:59.220 --> 00:05:03.120 cold, it might feel colder than it is if you 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:07.300 have a lot of wind chill. Wind can make the air 00:05:07.300 --> 00:05:10.439 feel colder than it is. When it is windy and 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:13.920 cold, it can make the air feel even colder. So 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:15.839 if you're watching the news, if you're watching 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:18.069 the weather report, They might talk about the 00:05:18.069 --> 00:05:22.329 wind chill factor. That is the difference that 00:05:22.329 --> 00:05:25.970 the wind makes in what the temperature feels 00:05:25.970 --> 00:05:28.889 like. For example, you might hear on the news 00:05:28.889 --> 00:05:32.970 that the temperature is 15 degrees Celsius, but 00:05:32.970 --> 00:05:36.230 with the wind chill factor, it feels like it 00:05:36.230 --> 00:05:39.730 is zero degrees. That is telling you that the 00:05:39.730 --> 00:05:43.050 wind is making it feel like it is 15 degrees 00:05:43.050 --> 00:05:46.550 cooler than it really is. We've talked about 00:05:46.550 --> 00:05:50.029 when it is freezing, when the temperature reaches 00:05:50.029 --> 00:05:53.389 that freezing point of water where it hits zero 00:05:53.389 --> 00:05:56.949 degrees Celsius and water freezes. Now, if you 00:05:56.949 --> 00:06:00.350 hear the term sub -zero temperatures, this is 00:06:00.350 --> 00:06:02.529 very important, at least in the United States, 00:06:02.649 --> 00:06:05.970 we are talking about the Fahrenheit scale. So 00:06:05.970 --> 00:06:08.750 the freezing point of water, that zero degrees 00:06:08.750 --> 00:06:13.910 Celsius again is 32 Fahrenheit. So there are 00:06:13.910 --> 00:06:17.769 32 degrees between the freezing point of water 00:06:17.769 --> 00:06:21.790 and the zero point on the Fahrenheit scale. Zero 00:06:21.790 --> 00:06:26.649 degrees Fahrenheit is actually negative 17 degrees 00:06:26.649 --> 00:06:32.949 Celsius. Very, very cold. In places like Michigan 00:06:32.949 --> 00:06:37.050 or Wisconsin, New York, Illinois, the places 00:06:37.050 --> 00:06:40.389 at the northern part of the United States, they 00:06:40.389 --> 00:06:44.970 can get sub -zero temperatures. And by sub -zero, 00:06:44.970 --> 00:06:49.149 we're saying below the zero degree mark on the 00:06:49.149 --> 00:06:52.810 Fahrenheit scale. So colder than negative 17 00:06:52.810 --> 00:06:56.230 degrees Celsius. If you hear on the news that 00:06:56.230 --> 00:06:59.129 there is going to be sub -zero temperatures overnight, 00:06:59.509 --> 00:07:03.649 that is extremely important to be aware of. That 00:07:03.649 --> 00:07:05.769 can be very, very dangerous because, again, we're 00:07:05.769 --> 00:07:09.230 talking temperatures of negative 18 degrees Celsius 00:07:09.230 --> 00:07:13.370 or below. Those are extremely cold and dangerous 00:07:13.370 --> 00:07:17.069 conditions. Colder weather can also mean a lot 00:07:17.069 --> 00:07:21.569 of precipitation. Precipitation means water raining, 00:07:21.750 --> 00:07:24.470 water falling from the sky. I did an episode 00:07:24.470 --> 00:07:27.569 on different things that we call rain, different 00:07:27.569 --> 00:07:30.550 words that we use to describe rain. I will leave 00:07:30.550 --> 00:07:33.509 a link for that episode. On this episode, I want 00:07:33.509 --> 00:07:35.970 to focus more on snow and the different types 00:07:35.970 --> 00:07:39.910 of freezing rain. So the first one that you have 00:07:39.910 --> 00:07:44.259 is hail. Hail usually occurs in warmer weather. 00:07:44.339 --> 00:07:46.680 For example, where I am in Southern California, 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:49.759 we can get hail during the summertime when it 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:54.360 is like 30, 35 degrees Celsius. So hail doesn't 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:57.279 necessarily need that cold weather, even though 00:07:57.279 --> 00:08:00.060 it is frozen water, even though they are pieces 00:08:00.060 --> 00:08:03.649 of ice. Usually when they're talking on the news 00:08:03.649 --> 00:08:05.930 about hail, they will describe the size. You 00:08:05.930 --> 00:08:08.870 might have something that is pea size, so the 00:08:08.870 --> 00:08:12.269 size of a pea, which is relatively small. Or 00:08:12.269 --> 00:08:15.769 if it's very large pieces, you'll hear them called 00:08:15.769 --> 00:08:19.720 golf ball size, the size of a golf ball. Those 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:22.160 are very dangerous. That can cause a lot of damage 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:24.759 to houses and cars, especially if you're driving. 00:08:24.980 --> 00:08:28.000 So you never want to be out in hail, especially 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.620 golf ball sized hail, because that can do a lot 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:33.559 of damage. Something that is very similar to 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:36.940 hail is freezing rain. I remember the first time 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:38.759 I heard this term, I kind of laughed because 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:42.779 I thought, isn't frozen rain just snow? But freezing 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:44.659 rain is actually something that's different. 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:47.899 Freezing rain is when it is raining outside and 00:08:47.899 --> 00:08:51.690 you see droplets of water falling. You see regular 00:08:51.690 --> 00:08:54.549 rain droplets. But what happens is that when 00:08:54.549 --> 00:08:57.909 those droplets hit something, they freeze. This 00:08:57.909 --> 00:09:00.350 is especially true when the droplets hit something 00:09:00.350 --> 00:09:03.470 very cold. For example, the ground or maybe your 00:09:03.470 --> 00:09:06.269 car. Maybe your car is very cold. When those 00:09:06.269 --> 00:09:09.529 droplets touch that cold surface, they freeze 00:09:09.529 --> 00:09:12.789 and turn into ice. So this is called freezing 00:09:12.789 --> 00:09:16.070 rain and this is More of an issue for places 00:09:16.070 --> 00:09:19.370 back east because the ground can become very 00:09:19.370 --> 00:09:22.409 cold. So when the raindrops hit the sidewalk, 00:09:22.710 --> 00:09:25.110 they can freeze and that can make it difficult 00:09:25.110 --> 00:09:27.730 to walk. If you are someone who is trying to 00:09:27.730 --> 00:09:29.990 walk to work or walk wherever you need to go, 00:09:30.110 --> 00:09:32.990 then that can be difficult to do because of that 00:09:32.990 --> 00:09:35.409 freezing rate. And this can also cause something 00:09:35.409 --> 00:09:39.690 called black ice. Black ice is dangerous if you 00:09:39.690 --> 00:09:42.070 are driving on it because it is ice that you 00:09:42.070 --> 00:09:46.389 cannot see. The asphalt for the roads is black, 00:09:46.490 --> 00:09:49.610 and when you get this layer of ice on top of 00:09:49.610 --> 00:09:52.669 it, and that ice does not have a different color, 00:09:52.710 --> 00:09:55.590 it just looks black, you might be driving and 00:09:55.590 --> 00:09:58.350 you might think that there is no ice on the roads. 00:09:58.490 --> 00:10:01.289 But actually, there is a thin layer of ice. So 00:10:01.289 --> 00:10:03.269 if you were traveling too fast, or if you're 00:10:03.269 --> 00:10:06.710 trying to make a turn, you might hit black ice, 00:10:06.909 --> 00:10:09.789 and you might be in a car accident because of 00:10:09.789 --> 00:10:13.179 it. These are usually called patches of black 00:10:13.179 --> 00:10:16.419 ice. So the road might be completely normal and 00:10:16.419 --> 00:10:19.039 then there might be just a small section of this 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:21.659 black ice. So if someone says that they hit a 00:10:21.659 --> 00:10:24.639 spot of black ice or they hit a patch of black 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:27.419 ice while they were driving, this is what they're 00:10:27.419 --> 00:10:30.039 referring to. Usually when you hit that, when 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:33.320 your tires go over it, you feel that loss of 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:35.779 traction for your tires. You feel your car move. 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:38.919 And like I said, it can be very dangerous. Another 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:42.539 thing that's similar is sleet. Sleet is kind 00:10:42.539 --> 00:10:45.779 of in between freezing rain and hail. Like I 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:48.899 said, hail forms during warmer weather, usually 00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:52.620 in thunderstorms. Sleet forms in colder weather. 00:10:52.899 --> 00:10:56.419 Again, you have rain droplets at the beginning. 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:59.879 When the water starts falling from the sky, it 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:03.080 is in the form of liquid water, rain droplets. 00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:06.419 But while they are falling, they freeze and turn 00:11:06.419 --> 00:11:08.940 into little pellets of ice. So it feels very 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:11.820 similar to hail because it is still pellets of 00:11:11.820 --> 00:11:14.820 ice that are falling that ultimately hit the 00:11:14.820 --> 00:11:18.259 ground. So these freeze before they hit the ground, 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:21.000 which makes it different from freezing rain. 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:23.480 And they form in cooler weather, which makes 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:26.860 it different from hail. Then you can also have 00:11:26.860 --> 00:11:32.299 actual snowfall. When you have a very short snowstorm, 00:11:32.460 --> 00:11:34.639 something that lasts maybe only a few minutes 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:38.059 and then disappears, this is called a flurry. 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:41.860 This is a short snowfall that does not accumulate 00:11:41.860 --> 00:11:45.500 on the ground. Usually as soon as the snow falls 00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:47.519 and actually reaches the ground, it melts right 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:50.720 away because it's not actually cold enough to 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:53.399 accumulate on the ground. Usually the ground 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:56.700 is so warm that it just melts the snow. If the 00:11:56.700 --> 00:11:59.379 snow does accumulate, if the storm does last 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:01.679 for a longer period of time, then we actually 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:05.960 use the term snow. So snow usually means that 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:08.720 you have some accumulation on the ground, that 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:12.000 the storm lasts for a longer period of time. 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:14.519 You can actually put your kids outside, your 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:16.940 kids can play in it, they can have fun. That's 00:12:16.940 --> 00:12:19.360 when you're going to say that it's actually snowing 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:22.750 outside. i can say personally for me i have only 00:12:22.750 --> 00:12:25.350 been in snow like this that actually accumulates 00:12:25.350 --> 00:12:28.320 on the ground twice in my entire life. I have 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:31.759 seen snow flurries before where I live. Maybe 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.159 for a few minutes, it'll snow and then it disappears. 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:36.899 It melts instantly. But a few years ago, it actually 00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:40.720 did snow. It snowed for a few hours. We had some 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:43.379 accumulation on the ground. That was really exciting. 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.519 I called it magical because it was one of my 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:49.360 first experiences actually having snow accumulate, 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:52.879 seeing snow fall and being able to play with 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:55.620 some snow, make some snowballs. The individual 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:58.799 pieces of snow, the little tiny pieces that fall 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:01.580 gently to the ground, are called snowflakes. 00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:05.159 So snowflakes are the frozen water droplets. 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:07.720 They usually have that really unique and beautiful 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:10.720 pattern. That term snowflake you will also hear 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:13.840 unfortunately online. I've seen it on social 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:17.200 media. Sometimes people use it to insult someone. 00:13:17.460 --> 00:13:20.240 If you think of a snowflake, if it lands in the 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:22.360 palm of your hand, if you catch a snowflake, 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:25.029 it melts relatively quickly. because your skin 00:13:25.029 --> 00:13:27.970 is so warm and the snowflake is so gentle, so 00:13:27.970 --> 00:13:31.509 delicate, so easily broken. And that term recently 00:13:31.509 --> 00:13:34.509 has come along, especially online. Not a very 00:13:34.509 --> 00:13:37.029 nice term, but if you hear it, that's what that 00:13:37.029 --> 00:13:40.789 means. If a lot of snow is falling, if it is 00:13:40.789 --> 00:13:44.149 falling for a very long period of time, multiple 00:13:44.149 --> 00:13:47.549 hours, maybe even days, that is called a snowstorm. 00:13:47.809 --> 00:13:50.929 So a snowstorm is when you have a lot of accumulation. 00:13:51.850 --> 00:13:55.210 maybe even a meter or a couple of meters of snow 00:13:55.210 --> 00:13:57.809 accumulate on the ground. The snow lasts for 00:13:57.809 --> 00:14:00.549 a very, very long time. This doesn't always have 00:14:00.549 --> 00:14:03.690 to come with high winds. Usually snow storm just 00:14:03.690 --> 00:14:06.029 means that the snow is falling for a long period 00:14:06.029 --> 00:14:09.990 of time. If you have that snow and high winds 00:14:09.990 --> 00:14:13.649 together, that gets called a blizzard. A blizzard 00:14:13.649 --> 00:14:17.070 is a very intense snow storm. You're having a 00:14:17.070 --> 00:14:20.279 lot of accumulation of snow. You also have high 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.960 winds, and very cold temperatures. Because of 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:25.759 the high winds, you'll hear this term poor visibility. 00:14:26.059 --> 00:14:29.899 That means that it is difficult to see. Visibility 00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:33.519 means the ability to be able to see. If you have 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:36.220 poor visibility, you usually can't see very far 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:38.480 because of all of the snowflakes in the air, 00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:41.259 especially because of that high wind really pushing 00:14:41.259 --> 00:14:44.059 the snow in every direction. That gets called 00:14:44.059 --> 00:14:47.460 poor visibility. You'll also hear that called 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:50.720 whiteout. Whiteout is a product that you can 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:53.159 use if you are someone like me who went to school 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:55.840 before computers were really used. You might 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:57.639 have had some in your backpack when you went 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.370 to school. But we also use that term when you 00:15:00.370 --> 00:15:03.190 can't see anything when it is snowing. A whiteout 00:15:03.190 --> 00:15:06.629 in that term means that the snow is so thick 00:15:06.629 --> 00:15:09.970 and the visibility is so poor that you can't 00:15:09.970 --> 00:15:12.370 see anything. A lot of times, especially in the 00:15:12.370 --> 00:15:14.230 United States, you'll hear people say that they 00:15:14.230 --> 00:15:17.590 can't see a few feet from their face or they 00:15:17.590 --> 00:15:19.769 can't see their hand if they put their hand out 00:15:19.769 --> 00:15:22.250 in front of their face. That is what they're 00:15:22.250 --> 00:15:25.370 referring to, that poor visibility and that whiteout 00:15:25.370 --> 00:15:28.850 conditions. If it's very cold for a long period 00:15:28.850 --> 00:15:31.870 of time, you might also hear the term cold snap. 00:15:31.990 --> 00:15:35.629 A cold snap is when you have multiple days of 00:15:35.629 --> 00:15:39.490 very cold temperatures below zero degrees Celsius. 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:43.259 I have never experienced a cold snap, but if 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:45.419 you are in places in the United States where 00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:48.019 winters are very cold, you might hear this term 00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:50.940 or you might hear someone use this term when 00:15:50.940 --> 00:15:53.620 they're describing the weather. If someone says 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:56.639 that there is a cold snap or that the cold snap 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:59.080 is going to last for the next couple of days, 00:15:59.220 --> 00:16:01.059 what that means is that there's going to be multiple 00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:05.039 days of below zero degrees Celsius temperatures. 00:16:06.029 --> 00:16:09.009 And then of course, once the cold is over, you 00:16:09.009 --> 00:16:13.049 will hear the term warming up. When the temperature 00:16:13.049 --> 00:16:15.490 starts to increase, when that winter weather 00:16:15.490 --> 00:16:17.470 starts going away, you will hear that the temperature 00:16:17.470 --> 00:16:20.870 is warming up. The opposite, when the temperature 00:16:20.870 --> 00:16:24.509 goes down, it is cooling down. So warming up. 00:16:24.889 --> 00:16:27.210 Cooling down, those are terms that you will hear, 00:16:27.269 --> 00:16:29.950 especially at the beginning or the end of that 00:16:29.950 --> 00:16:32.629 winter weather. If someone tells you that, oh, 00:16:32.690 --> 00:16:35.149 next week it's going to warm up, that means the 00:16:35.149 --> 00:16:38.470 temperature is going to increase next week. Or 00:16:38.470 --> 00:16:40.929 if they tell you, man, this weather really is 00:16:40.929 --> 00:16:43.870 cooling down, that means that it is getting colder. 00:16:43.990 --> 00:16:45.789 Every single day is getting a little bit colder, 00:16:45.909 --> 00:16:48.629 usually because that means you're in winter time. 00:16:49.289 --> 00:16:52.210 I hope you enjoyed this episode. I hope you learned 00:16:52.210 --> 00:16:55.269 some of these vocabulary terms. Maybe some of 00:16:55.269 --> 00:16:57.850 these were new for you. 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