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zero – n нуль
e.g. It is three degrees above zero today, but yesterday it was two degrees below zero.
zone – n зона, пояс, район the torrid zone – тропічий пояс; climate zone – кліматична
зона;
the Arctic zone – полярна зона; the frigid zone – арктичний пояс; the temperate zone –
помірний пояс; zone time – поясовий час
WEATHER WORDS
Clear the air: to resolve hidden resentment or uncover hidden thoughts (розрядити
атмосферу, покласти кінець непорозумінням)
Fair-weather friend: a person who is loyal in good times but not when times are
difficult (друг до першої біди, ненадійний друг)
Know (see) which way the wind blows: to determine what actions or words will be
popular or acceptable to one’s superior, to the people who control one’s job, or to one’s
counterparts when one has something to gain by it, even though such actions or words may
not be what one sincerely wants to do or say (знати, звідки вітер дує)
Rain cats and dogs: rain very heavily (ллє, як з відра; проливний дощ)
Take something by storm: to rush in and take something with considerable force,
often causing pain and destruction (узяти штурмом, захопити)
Take the wind out of someone’s sails: to deflate someone’s ego or to ruin or destroy
someone’s high expectations (вибити землю з-під ніг, поставити у безвихідне
положення)
Under a cloud: less than entirely trustworthy, suspected of some wrongdoing (під
підозрою, на поганому рахунку, у плачевному стані)
Under the weather: unwell, ill (нездоровий, той, що погано почувається; той,
хто в біді переживає неприємності)

5. Read the following text and translate it into Ukrainian.
Spring is a very pleasant season. The weather is usually warm, but there are sometimes
cold days in spring. Nature awakens in spring. Birds return from the South. Trees turn
green; young, fresh leaves appear; grass becomes green, too. The rays of the sun warm the
earth. The sky is blue and cloudless, there are no clouds in it.
Everybody feels younger and stronger. Many people like spring more than other
seasons. It is very pleasant to watch how nature awakens from its winter sleep.
When summer comes the weather gets warmer and sometimes it’s very hot. When the
temperature is over twenty degrees centigrade we say that it is hot. When the temperature is
below twenty degrees we say that it is warm. It is a busy time for those who live in the
country. They cut grass and make hay while the weather is fine. There is even a proverb
“Make hay while the sun shines”. It sometimes rains however in summer, and heavy clouds
cover the sun. When clouds cover the sky we say: “It is cloudy”. There are also storms in
summer with thunder, lightning and hail. There are showers, too.
When autumn comes the days get colder. The trees turn yellow. The leaves begin to
turn yellow and red and fall from the trees. Autumn is harvest time. The farmers gather
crops and pick fruit in the orchards. The more they work the sooner the work is over. It’s
necessary to finish work before it gets cold and rainy. It often rains in autumn. Autumn is a
rainy season. It often rains in summer too, but summer is not a rainy season, and autumn is a
rainy one. Autumn is the rainiest season of the year.
Winter is the coldest season. Sometimes we have hard frost. The air is frosty then. The
wind often blows in winter and we say: “It is windy”. But sometimes we have fog and we
say: “It is foggy”. The days in winter are shorter than those in autumn. The shorter the days

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