Daily life
in the pouring rain
in very heavy rain
If you are in the pouring rain, very heavy rain is falling around you.
Hear it in real life
Why are your clothes soaked?
I was waiting for a taxi in the pouring rain.
I forgot my umbrella and had to cycle home in the pouring rain.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We stood under the pouring rain for an hour.
Say: We stood in the pouring rain for an hour.
Use “in the rain” when you are outside and surrounded by falling rain.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
wait in the pouring rain; walk in the pouring rain
Your turn: say it out loud
I forgot my umbrella and had to cycle home in the pouring rain.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
in the pouring rain
in very heavy rain
“I forgot my umbrella and had to cycle home in the pouring rain.”
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