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单词 downpour
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  • At half-past one the steady downpour ceased, and only showers fell thereafter.
  • It was the rainy season when a clear sky is a rarity and a downpour of rain is a daily occurrence.
  • Rain fell the following fortnight in a steady downpour that did not cease, even for an hour.
  • The rain was still a steady downpour.
  • They were awakened sometime before daylight by a sudden heavy downpour of rain.

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The rains were so heavy prior to the finaldownpourand flooding that the flood plains were already saturated.
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These leaders are often ill-equipped to take responsibility in conditions of fog, mist, or semi-torrential downpours of rain.
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In my own town certain commodities can be bought, but not a plastic "mac" in adownpour!
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But the first time the child went out in a shower—not adownpour—it got its shoulders and back wet.
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In those places where the prevention work was not successful, it was due to the degree of flooding and thedownpour.
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Severe gales, deep frosts and downpours of rain have often been their lot.
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Many tenants report water lying on the balconies outside their living rooms, and a heavydownpourbrings it under their doors.
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It is unforgivable that sewage works should overflow when there is a heavydownpour.
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Normally, we get excited if an inch of rain is recorded at any one time, which shows what a phenomenaldownpourit was.
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Perhaps he is, after all, a secret "wet" or perhaps only a slightdownpour.
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We cannot deny that sea levels are rising, the weather is getting warmer and heavy downpours are becoming more frequent.
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It examines enormous implications such as rising sea levels, river flooding and sewerage flooding after downpours.
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Equally, you may get, after a week a sudden thunderstorm and a greatdownpourof rain, so that the order becomes entirely unnecessary.
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A slurry tank can spill over purely as a result of a sudden enormousdownpourin a thunderstorm.
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Some people were simply caught in adownpourof ballot papers, all addressed to them.
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