Lightning usually accompanies thunder.

闪电通常伴有雷声。

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The rain is coming down, the lightning hits and there's thunder.

大雨倾盆，电闪雷鸣。

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"The operation Lightning Thunder was launched, and to date we have no inkling from Kony or the LRA that they are willing to talk, or that they are cornered, or that they are under pressure."

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and the rain is coming down, the lightning hits and there's thunder.

大雨倾盆，电闪雷鸣。

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Thunder and lightning were in the forecast again this week for Zhejiang province, where the crash occurred this weekend.

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It was not fearsomely heaven-made, like thunder or lightning or howling wind, but something felt through their feet, a resonance, as if the earth was humming.

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Herschelle Gibbs hit four fours in an over and Loots Bosman hit three in the next before thunder and lightning reduced the match to 14 overs per side.

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