dictionnaire Polonais - Anglais

grom Anglais:

1. thunder

Lightning precedes thunder.

It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.

I had hardly walked a mile when it began to thunder.

Thunder indicates that a storm is near.

To make matters worse, it began to thunder fiercely.

The morning forecast predicted thunder showers later in the day.

Thunder has been explained scientifically, and people no longer believe it is a sign that the gods are angry with them, so thunder, too, is a little less frightening.

It's so muggy; I think it will thunder in a short while.

We took cover from the thunder shower.

Thunder rolled with menacing crashes.

the horses thundered down the race track

to thunder

I don’t mind the lightning, but I’m afraid of thunder.

It was very stormy, with ear-splitting thunder and flashes of lightning across the sky.

Anglais mot "grom"(thunder) se produit dans des ensembles:

A13 Collocations (mainly)

2. bolt

We need a nut that will fit that bolt.

He unscrewed all bolts

Don't forget to bolt the door.

His death was a bolt from the blue.

Done! says the angel, and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of lightning.

Only if there's a cancellation, and that would be a bolt out of the blue.

A fool's bolt is soon shot.

I closed the window and drew the bolt (= slid the bolt across).

I said, “You know, I’ve been afraid to go start my own thing for a long time.” What I realized in that lightning bolt was, “What am I really afraid of?

a bolt of lightning

She bolted down two bars of chocolate

I no longer cared about my hammer, my bolt, being thirsty or dying.

My rifle's bolt has jammed.

I need you to hold this bolt in place

It came to the president like a bolt of lightning.