How the French really talk about the weather.
it’s freezing
it’s cold
dying of heat
it’s raining (slang)
rotten weather
it’s bitterly cold
we’re roasting
it’s bloody cold (very slang)
blazing sun
oppressively hot
This is how the French actually use it day to day — including what textbooks skip. Absorb the real patterns and let go of over-correctness.
Feeling shaky? Step back to La Meteo at C2.
Ça ___ dehors ! (freezing) (argot)
caille
Il ___ , prends un parapluie. (rains, slang) (argot)
flotte
Un temps ___ . (rotten) (argot)
pourri
🃏 Memory match pair FR ↔ EN
🧩 Sentence builder put the words in order
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