enFIUnit 5: Natural disasters - Idioms15
To tie the knot: To get married
To face the music: To assume the consequences for a bad decision.
Earthquake: A series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks.
Lightning: A brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud
Tremor: A trembling or quivering effect
Volcanic Eruption: It is a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected at a height of several miles
To pull someone leg: To try to persuade someone to believe something is not true.
To be of large: To be fugitive escaping from the police
Flood: Occupation by the water areas that is currently free of this, by overflowing rivers
Hurricane: Storm system characterized by a closed circulation around a center of low pressure and produces strong winds and heavy rain.
Tornado: Giant funnel air, blowing in cyclonic spiral upward vertical spinning mode
Explosions: An act instance of the explosion
Droughts: A period of dry weather, especially one that is detrimental to long crops.
Tsunami: Complex event involving a group of high-energy waves and size
Avalanche: A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.
Unit 5: Natural disasters - Idioms
Occupation by the water areas that is currently free of this, by overflowing rivers