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New words, ask for your opinion These words are new for me, but I don't realy understand what they mean and where I could use them. You will help me so much if write your explanation and examples. So.. depression - an area of low pressure that causes cold, wind and rain gale force - describes very strong wind that can cause damage hammer down - describes very heavy rain batten down the hatches - prepare for a difficult or dangerous situation weather the storm - survive a difficult situation Words are already with explanations but it don't help me at all.
Nov 24, 2015 8:10 PM
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I hope it doesn't confuse, but "depression" also refers to a medical condition when we are feeling unappreciated and useless. e.g. "I get depressed when everything seems to be going wrong and I can't see a way out." This tends to reoccur, which we call "bouts of depression." "hammer down" can also refer to work done by carpenters and builders - "The next job is to hammer down the felt on the flat roof." Even "weather the storm" has been used to describe a period of time when sales have slumped, but the demand is expected to increase again.
November 25, 2015

New words, ask for your opinion

These words are new for me, but I don't really understand what they mean and where I could use them. You will help me so much if write your explanation and examples.

So..
depression - an area of low pressure that causes cold, wind and rain
gale force - describes a very strong wind that can cause damage
hammer down - describes very heavy rain
batten down the hatches - to prepare for a difficult or dangerous situation or weather
weather the storm - survive a difficult situation


Words are already with explanations but it doesn't help me at all.

 

<em>The weatherman signaled a depression 100 kilometers away from my city that would bring bad weather. </em>

 

<em>The gale force wind destroyed the sign on front of my house. </em>

 

<em>The rain hammered down on the car, making it impossible to have a conversation. </em>

 

<em>The family battened down the hatches of their home to prepare for the storm. </em>

 

<em>They had to weather the storm for 24 hours before they were able to go outside again. </em>

 

<em>I hope the examples help!</em>

November 24, 2015
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