You're at your uncle's house. It's pretty cold. You'd like your uncle to turn the heat up, and you also want to know why it's so cold there. You ask:
What do you have the thermostat set to?
cold, complaining, guest, temperature, visit 
It's a really cold day. You've been outside, and you're coming back inside now. You've been waiting to get out of the cold weather. When you walk in, you say to your sister who is sitting nearby:
It's frickin' freezing out there!
cold, complaining, curse words, slang, ungradable adjectives, weather 
It's a cold day outside. When you come inside your warm house, the glasses that you're wearing get moisture on them and it's hard for you to see through them. You say to your sister, who's sitting in the house:
My glasses are fogging up.
cold, glasses, progressive aspect, science, weather 
You're discussing what to make for dinner. You have a frozen steak that you can make. You decide that you should cook it, but you need to warm it up before you cook it. You say:
I guess I'll thaw this out.
