La météo at C2 — the literary register
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Evocative and literary vocabulary of sky and weather.
📓 Le registre littéraire
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the storm cloud (literary)
2🔊
the azure sky
3🔊
the squall / gust
4🔊
fine drizzle
5🔊
the oppressive heat
6🔊
the firmament
7🔊
pale / wan (of light)
8🔊
to darken
9🔊
the mist / haze
10🔊
a leaden sky
🔊 Example sentences
L’azur s’étendait sans un nuage.The azure sky stretched without a cloud.
Une bourrasque balaya la plaine.A gust swept across the plain.
Le ciel s’assombrit avant l’orage.The sky darkened before the storm.
💡 Your C2 goal
At C2 this is about mastery of the edge cases and literary or formal uses. You should be able to explain the rule — and break it knowingly for effect.
Feeling shaky? Step back to La Meteo at C1. Comfortable? Level up to La Meteo at Native.
Un crachin froid tombait sur la ville.A cold drizzle fell on the city.
✍️ Practice
L’___ sans nuage. (azure) (soutenu)
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azur
Une ___ balaya la lande. (gust) (soutenu)
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bourrasque
Le ciel s’___ . (darkens) (soutenu)
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assombrit
🎮 Practise
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