Daily life
a cold snap
a short period of unusually cold weather
A cold snap is a short period when the weather becomes unusually cold.
Hear it in real life
Why are you wearing two coats?
There has been a cold snap this week.
The flowers survived the cold snap because we covered them at night.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We had a cold snap weather last week.
Say: We had a cold snap last week.
Do not use 'weather' directly after 'cold snap'; the phrase already refers to a period of weather.
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How it fits in a sentence.
a cold snap; during a cold snap
Your turn: say it out loud
The flowers survived the cold snap because we covered them at night.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a cold snap
a short period of unusually cold weather
“The flowers survived the cold snap because we covered them at night.”
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