English English Dictionary

storm in English:

1. downpour

There's going to be a downpour.

What a downpour!

yesterday there was a big downpour in Suwaki.

We got soaked in a sudden downpour.

Take an umbrella becouse it's downpour.

It wasn't just ordinary rain, it was a downpour.

torrential downpour

Judging from the present look of the sky, we may have a downpour any moment.

2. lighten

He needs a few jokes to lighten up his talk.

It was just a joke. Lighten up!

3. sea

The sea is rough.

In fact, the sea has already risen 10 centimeters since the beginning of this century.

As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake.

Christopher Columbus disliked Spanish brothels, as he found them dirty and too expensive. Instead, he would go out to sea, get lured in - on purpose - by the Siren's song, and then have a rocking good time.

In the latest report, it is written that 90% of all the cocaine smuggled in the world is transported by sea, and most of that by speedboat.

In Germany, there's a superstition that if you light a cigarette off a candle, a sailor will die at sea.

Little did Christopher Columbus know that future pirates are mostly internet pirates: The closest they will ever get to surfing the sea is being in a bathtub.

Christopher Columbus drank sea water straight up.

The Sea of Japan naming dispute revolves around efforts to remove 'Sea of Japan' from the world's maps and replace it with 'East Sea'.

At the outset of the long voyage I was seasick, but I gradually began to get my sea legs.

With his crew stranded at sea, Christopher Columbus was able to save them from starvation by pulling 100 rabbits out of his hat.

Australians all let us rejoice for we are young and free. We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil. Our home is girt by sea.

Is it true that the Pacific side of Japan is cheerful while the Sea of Japan side of Japan is more quiet?

4. cold

It's cold.

However cold it may be, he still jogs 20 kilometers every day.

Surprisingly, he swims even on cold days.

My throat hurts, and I have a fever. Can I have some cold medicine?

There is nothing more refreshing than a cold beer on a hot day.

He gave up taking part in the marathon on account of his cold.

Your tea will get cold if you don't drink it now.

It is said that Japanese people are kind to people they know, but rather cold to those they don't.

You must not leave her waiting outside in such cold weather.

It is rather cold again today, but tomorrow we expect the temperature to rise.

When Tom was accused of the murder, he broke out in a cold sweat.

If it snows on the mountain, it is cold in the valley.

Cold water, please.

My fingers are so numb with cold that I can't play the piano.

After spending hours out in the cold winter wind, my skin got all chapped and dry.

5. st

Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena.

Today is September 1st.

St. Valentine's Day falls on Sunday this year.

According to the terms of the contract, your payment was due on May 31st.

California was the 31st state admitted to the United States.

It was almost a decade ago, on May 8th, 1980, that Mount St. Helens erupted.

Here is our answer to your fax message dated April 1st.

A dream... I was trying to explain to St. Peter, and was doing it in the German tongue, because I didn't want to be too explicit.

I have kept available the afternoon of the 20th and the 21st, and would like to know if Mr Grant will be available for a meeting on either of those two days.

On February 14 Americans celebrate St. Valentine's Day.

St. Louis, Missouri is famous for the Gateway Arch and the Anheuser-Busch Brewery.

Learning lessons from Europe, Japan has to switch its economic-oriented policy to a consumer-conscious one, in order to cope with the coming unprecedented aging society towards the 21st century.

Traditionally on April 1st, people pull pranks on each other.

On June 21st, 1974, José had breakfast with Liliana for the last time.

Do you often dance at St. James's?