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rains

/ɹeɪnz/ noun A2
  1. A rainy season; monsoon · The rains came early this year.
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It rains on the umbrellas here,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1
He will die in the winter rains.
The Jungle Book, p. 11 · B2
Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 1 · B2
When I thought of the heavy rains and looked at the gaping roof I understood how strong and immutable must be the purpose which had kept him in that inhospitable abode.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 156 · C1

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