summer

Everyday

1. Summer is the warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn (fall). tree →
2. Summer holidays (US: summer vacation) are the long break from school in summer. tree →

In the lessons

A time of the story: summer holidays, summer jobs, things done during the summer, weeks of summer. Science: summer has the longest days; in the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand) summer comes at the opposite time of year from the Northern (USA, UK, Canada). Safety: sun cream, hats, water in summer heat.

Examples

• She read 12 books during the summer. tree →
• The summer holiday lasts 8 weeks. tree →
• He earns 10 dollars a day in the summer. tree →
• The pool opens every summer. tree →
• In Australia, Christmas comes in summer. tree →
• Wear a hat and sun cream on hot summer days. tree →
• The days are longest in summer. tree →
• We went to summer camp by the lake. tree →
• A hard winter followed this summer. tree →

Note

Countable: a summer, summers; no capital letter. A time frame, no operation. Trap: if a problem gives a weekly amount over «the summer», you need the number of weeks. Seasons: spring, summer, autumn (fall), winter.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: God's promise after the flood that summer and winter will not cease is read as the promise of the steady order of nature. In the primary lessons: A time of the story: summer holidays, summer jobs, things done during the summer, weeks of summer. Science: summer has the longest days; in the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand) summer comes at the opposite time of year from the Northern (USA, UK, Canada). Safety: sun cream, hats, water in summer heat.

Examples

• While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.' (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The substance of this little volume was read as a [p. 13] Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Provideth her bread in the summer, and gatherest her food in the harvest. (Writings PRO.6.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.' (Prophets JER.8.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and behold a basket of summer fruit. (Prophets AMO.8.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: a summer, summers; no capital letter. A time frame, no operation. Trap: if a problem gives a weekly amount over «the summer», you need the number of weeks. Seasons: spring, summer, autumn (fall), winter.