Daily life
the heavens opened
it suddenly rained heavily
It suddenly started to rain very heavily.
Hear it in real life
Why are your shoes covered in mud?
The heavens opened on my way back from the shop.
We had just ordered our food outside when the heavens opened.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The sky opened heavens while I was walking home.
Say: The heavens opened while I was walking home.
Keep the fixed word order "the heavens opened"; do not replace it with a direct translation such as "the sky opened heavens."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
the heavens opened; when the heavens opened
Your turn: say it out loud
We had just ordered our food outside when the heavens opened.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
the heavens opened
it suddenly rained heavily
“We had just ordered our food outside when the heavens opened.”
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