Can you remember any time when it rained particularly heavily in your hometown? Исполнитель

Yeah, of course. Traffic is often held up when it rains. All the roads are

clogged, and people find it difficult to escape from traffic congestion. I

would stay at home and watch TV rather than going out and being caught up in

traffic.

Vocabulary

Tropical storm (phrase) A tropical storm is an organized system of strong

thunderstorms with a defined surface circulation and maximum sustained

winds between 34 knots (63 km/h) and 64 knots (119 km/h).

Torrential rain (phrase) If it's raining extremely hard, then the rain is

torrential

Give a hoot about something/someone (phrase) to not be interested in

someone or something

Intricate (adj) very complicated or detailed.

Dearth (noun) a scarcity or lack of something.

Arid (adj) (of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to

support vegetation

Rain cats and dogs (idiom) rain heavily

All of a sudden (phrase) happening, coming, made, or done quickly, without

warning, or unexpectedly

Deluge (noun) a great flood of water

Hold someone/something up (phrasal verb) to delay someone or

something