weather

weather
weather
A n temps m ; good/bad weather beau/mauvais temps ; wet/hot/wintry weather temps humide/chaud/d'hiver ; what's the weather like? quel temps fait-il? the weather here is hot il fait chaud ici ; in hot/cold weather quand il fait chaud/froid ; you can't go out in this weather! tu ne peux pas sortir par un temps pareil! ; a change in the weather un changement de temps ; when the good weather comes quand il fera beau ; if the weather breaks si le temps change ; if the weather clears up si le temps s'arrange ; perfect weather for un temps idéal pour [picnics, skiing] ; weather permitting si le temps le permet ; in all weathers par tous les temps ; whatever the weather lit par tous les temps ; fig qu'il pleuve ou qu'il vente.
B modif [chart, check, conditions, map, pattern, satellite, station] météorologique ; [centre, bureau, study] de météorologie.
C vtr
1 (withstand, survive) essuyer [gale, storm] ; se tirer de [crisis, upheaval, recession, bad patch] ; to weather the storm fig surmonter la crise ;
2 [elements, wind, rain] éroder [rocks, stone] ; battre [landscape, hills] ; [rain, wind] hâler [face].
D vi [rocks, landscape] s'éroder ; this stone weathers well cette pierre prend une belle patine ; he has not weathered well fig il n'a pas bien vieilli.
E weathered pp adj [stone, rock, finish, wood] patiné ; [face, skin] hâlé.
Idioms
to be under the weather ne pas se sentir bien ; to be weather-wise flairer d'où vient le vent ; to keep a weather eye on sb/sth avoir qn/qch à l'œil ; to keep a ou one's weather eye open veiller au grain ; to make heavy weather of sth avoir du mal à faire qch ; to make heavy weather of doing faire toute une histoire pour faire ○ ; he made heavy weather of it il en a fait tout un plat ○ .

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