(会員) Feb. 2, 2017 - Talking about Winter

(会員) Feb. 2, 2017 - Talking about Winter
Pre-lesson notes
I have a nasally nasally.
1. It’s cool.
It’s getting cool. 
It’s starting to get cool.
2. It’s unseasonably cool.
3. It’s chilly. / It’s a little chilly.
4. It’s nippy.
The air is nippy.
Classic pattern: It’s ~ out.
It’s nippy out today.
5. It is not warm.
6. It’s uncommonly cold.
It’s unseasonably cold.
7. It’s cold. < It’s freezing.
8. It’s as cold as hell out!
It’s colder than a witch’s teat. 
It’s colder than a witch’s tit. 
It’s colder than a witch’s kiss.

a tit = a vulgar word for breast
a teat = a nipple 乳首

9. It’s freezing.
10. It’s so cold I can’t feel my face/fingers/toes.
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11. It’s snowing/raining.
12. It snowed last night.
It was snowing last night. 
It’s snowing now.
13. There was a blizzard yesterday.
A blizzard is coming.
A blizzard/snowstorm/rainstorm hit yesterday.
14. We got snowed in.
a flood: My whole street flood. I couldn't even leave my house.
15. We got snowed under.
snowed under
    1.    《be ～》雪に埋もれる、～におしつぶされている、～に惨敗する
I’m snowed under at work.     《be ～》仕事で超多忙である
16. the rainfall = the amount of rain that falls someplace
What’s the average snowfall in Tokyo?
 The downfall of snow makes driving dangerous.
17. A cold front is coming. 寒冷前線
18. We had a cold snap today.
= Winter suddenly came.
cold snap
突然の［急（激）な］寒さ［寒気・寒波］