summer sun

collocation in English

meaningsofsummerandsun

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summer
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈsʌm.ər/us
/ˈsʌm.ɚ/
the season of the year between spring and autumn when the weather is warmest, lasting from June to September north of the equator and from December to March south of ...
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sun
noun[S or U]
uk
/sʌn/us
/sʌn/
the star that provides light and heat for the earth and around which the ...
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(Definition ofsummerandsunfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To generalize: low winter sun penetrates the kindergarten while highsummersunfalls on roof.
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At present customers are beguiled by the seagulls in thesummersunwhich they see in television advertisements.
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Some houses are so cold that one has to put on a pullover when thesummersunis shining outside.
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They are horribly hot in thesummersunand horribly cold in the winter, and they are difficult to heat.
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The strong rays of thesummersunstrengthened him.
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Like nature itself, they can appear as fickle and capricious as the winter chill, yet also as warm as thesummersun.
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Wild plants and shrubs spring from the barren land in the spring and afford pasturage, but thesummersunburns them away.
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Darker wert thou in the garden, yestermorn, bysummersun.
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The shallow pools of seawater within the marsh evaporated under the hotsummersunenjoyed by the island, leaving a gleaming crust of salt crystals.
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Comforted by the warmsummersun, the beautiful mountains, and the gentle sounds of birds, the woman is transformed by the experience.
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The chajjas - sloping eaves that projected out above the balconies - increase protection from both thesummersunand monsoon rain.
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A feature of many mills was the presence of trees or other structures shading the wheel from the intensesummersun.
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Their cones open only after trees have been cleared away by forest fires or, after logging, in thesummersun.
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This is hung in thesummersun, buried over winter, then dug up the following spring.
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Usually a portico opened out onto the courtyard on the south side, which offered shelter from the fiercesummersun.
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Deep green, violet, and blue in the shadows contrast with dots of rose, orange, and yellow to recreate the brilliantsummersun.
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After five strenuous weeks of labor under the hotsummersun, the ship had to leave due to falling river levels.
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The amount of radiation that the patient is exposed to is equal to that received in an hour of middaysummersun.
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It describes the narrator who is working at a farm, driving a tractor in the hotsummersun.
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