it was raining steadily

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• red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning — One of the most persistent of the weather sayings, used by sailors as well as shepherds (see quots. 1893 and 1996). With allusion to MATTHEW xvi. 2–3 (AV) When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning …   Proverbs new dictionary

• steady — 01. He finally found a [steady] job after working part time at a number of different places for a couple of years. 02. The weather was cloudy in the morning, but it got [steadily] sunnier and sunnier throughout the day, and by late afternoon it… …   Grammatical examples in English

• TFI Friday — Infobox Television show name = TFI Friday size = 200px format = Entertainment picture format = runtime = creator = presenter = Chris Evans channel = Channel 4 first aired = 1996 last aired = 2000 theme music composer = Ron Grainer opentheme =… …   Wikipedia

• History of Blackpool F.C. (1887–1962) — This is a history of Blackpool Football Club from 1887 to 1962. For their history between 1962 and the present day, see History of Blackpool F.C. (1962–present). For the club s season by season stats, see Blackpool F.C. seasons. The History of… …   Wikipedia

• hard — 1. adjective 1) hard ground Syn: firm, solid, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, dense, close packed, compressed; steely …   Thesaurus of popular words

• pool — [[t]pu͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ pools, pooling, pooled 1) N COUNT A pool is the same as a swimming pool. ...a heated indoor pool... During winter, many people swim and the pool is crowded. 2) N COUNT A pool is a fairly small area of still water. → See also… …   English dictionary

• tactics — /tak tiks/, n. 1. (usually used with a sing. v.) the art or science of disposing military or naval forces for battle and maneuvering them in battle. 2. (used with a pl. v.) the maneuvers themselves. 3. (used with a sing. v.) any mode of procedure …   Universalium

• rain — rain1 [ reın ] noun *** uncount water that falls in drops from clouds in the sky: Drops of rain ran down the window pane. Outside the rain continued to fall steadily. heavy/torrential/pouring rain (=a lot of rain): Heavy rain has been forecast… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• rain — I UK [reɪn] / US noun Word forms rain : singular rain plural rains *** a) [uncountable] water that falls in drops from clouds in the sky Drops of rain ran down the window pane. Outside the rain continued to fall steadily. heavy/torrential/pouring …   English dictionary

• Terraforming — The terraforming (literally, Earth shaping ) of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to those of Earth to make it habitable by …   Wikipedia

• rain — rainless, adj. rainlessness, n. /rayn/, n. 1. water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 in. (0.5 mm) in diameter. Cf. drizzle (def. 6). 2. a rainfall, rainstorm, or shower: We had… …   Universalium