Soon after I told him to get ready, the sky became dark with clouds and heavy rain began falling from the sky.

我的话刚说完，天空开始乌云密布，很快便下起了倾盆大雨。

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What we can not do is make a cloud produce rain if it is not ready to produce it.

我们所办不到的是要使云产生雨，如果它不是随时要产生雨的话。缪。

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Do you have your strategic umbrella ready for sudden changes? duanwenw. com The trees and flowers do not complain about the rain, because they understand it is important to their growth.

你为突然的变故准备好战略性的保护伞了吗？ 绿树和红花从不曾对雨有过丝毫抱怨，只因它们知道雨对自己的成长至关重要。

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Suddenly, the momentum was with the man from Majorca and he looked ready to press home that advantage at 4-4, 30-30, only for the widely predicted rain to start falling.

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