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    cigarette with his lighter. It started to rain even harder‚ Jimmy stands in the rain‚ cursed and cursed over the weather‚ his cigarettes‚ people in this town‚ their umbrella and everything he could think of in his mind‚ after standing in the rain for nearly 20 minutes‚ the stubborn old man is still trying to light his soaking wet Marlboro. Yes‚ maybe he is simply not smart enough to realize that it is raining. “ Old man‚ cigs ain’t never getting lighted in the rain. Going inside might do you a big favor

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    to meet Daisy for the first time it is “pouring” out (Fitzgerald 88). Gatsby wants to impress Daisy so he has one of his servants come over “to cut [Nick’s] grass” (Fitzgerald 88). Even Gatsby’s mannerisms before meeting Daisy gives the reader a melancholy tone. Where Gatsby “sat down miserably” and he is also “pale as death” (Fitzgerald 90-91). As the whole plan unfolds Gatsby starts doubting himself about asking Nick to have Daisy over for tea. The rain reflects his uncertainty. Once Daisy and

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    What Is a Cloudburst

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    What is a cloudburst? A cloudburst is sudden copious rainfall. It is a sudden aggressive rainstorm falling for a short period of time limited to a small geographical area. Meteorologists say the rain from a cloudburst is usually of the shower type with a fall rate equal to or greater than 100 mm (4.94 inches) per hour. Generally cloudbursts are associated with thunderstorms. The air currents rushing upwards in a rainstorm hold up a large amount of water. If these currents suddenly cease‚ the

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    Roinn Froebel‚ NUIM Leathanach clúdaigh do thionscadal / Assignment Cover Sheet Ainm / Name: Kathleen O’Reilly Bliain; grúpa / Year & group: Year 2‚ Group 1 Uimhir mhic léinn / Student number: 13361136 Uimhir scrúduithe/ Examination number: 13361136 Ábhar / Subject: Maths and Scientific Enquiry Léachtóir : Lecturer: Brian Tubbert & Patsy Stafford Sprioc dáta / Due: 26 November 2014 Teideal an tionscadail / Assignment title: The Spiral Curriculum Líon leathanach / Number of pages: 13 pages

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    Aaron and I ran through the town trying to lose the soldiers chasing us. Thaddeus said to run to the mountain. We would have to go there to meet up with Thaddeus. We passed the town and swiftly ran into the forest. The rough‚ hard branches‚ hitting my arms and some hitting my face. Soon we passed the forest and came across the mountain. The cool breeze gingerly blowing into my face‚ cooling me down from the running .Behind some trees we uncovered a cave. “We can stay here for awhile‚” I panted‚

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    A Frightening Incident

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    A Frightening Incident Reena woke up late. She was late for school. She could imagine her teacher staring at her in anger. Reena rushed to the bus stop. She waited for an hour for the bus. She was angry because there was no bus. Suddenly‚ a car passed by. It stopped and reversed. A man looked out of the window. He asked Reena if she wanted a ride. Since there was a Science exam‚ Reena said ok. The man opened the door and Reena got in. Soon‚ the car started. Reena was happy she can get to

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    Locked Up in My Heart

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    every element of nature and comparing my state of mind to that of the environment surrounding me‚ I could feel the warmth of my tears as they rolled down my cheeks. This warmth was surely due to a deep feeling locked up safely in my heart. The pouring drops of rain washed the dust off the green leaves of the flora‚ giving them a new look‚ the best one for the starting of their life afresh. The transformation‚ as nature stepped into a new life‚ was clearly perceptible. But I‚ due to my inability to cope

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    Thomas expresses the view that he is ‘half in love with pain’ in various poems‚ particularly ‘Melancholy’ and ‘Rain’. In both of these poems he seems to resent his troubles but also appreciates them in a rather unusual way. He expresses this by juxtaposing his inner states of joy and melancholy and the outer states of weather and the natural world. Throughout ‘Melancholy’‚ we see a relationship between pain and pleasure as he presents them as two halves of a whole experience‚ where one is consistently

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    2018 Some people in the world hate rain and find everything of it useless‚ Others find it a resource of living. Mawsynram is located in India right next to Bangladesh. The location of Mawsynram is the place of the most rain in the world. It has a population of 1337 and with families of 4-5 which makes it around 280 families. Mawsynram natives found several ways of bypassing the rain with materials and trying to use the rain in good use. People in this world are suffering from

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    I Can Feel the Raindrops

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    --------------------------------------------------------------- I had been brought up with a phobia for rain. My parents had made it clear that if I got wet in the rain‚ I would die for sure. I had always thought of rain as an enemy. Even when I learnt about the life giving water cycle‚ I did not see rain as the great boon it was. After learning about the water cycle. I accepted rain as a fact of

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