1.
A strong wind is blowing. Heavy rain is falling.
大风刮起来了。大雨下起来了。
2.
But it started to rain hard as I was riding back.
回来时却下起了大雨。
3.
All at once it began to rain heavily.
突然间下起大雨来了。
4.
Jane had not been gone long before it rained hard.
吉英走了不久，就下起大雨来。
5.
Presently raindrops the size of peas stared falling.
不久豆粒大的雨点下了起来。
6.
When we were well on the way, it began to rain cats and dogs.
我们正走到半路上，天下起大雨来了。
7.
Directly it began to rain, and it rained like all fury.
随后，就下起雨来，下起猛烈的大雨。
8.
The forest fire, thanks to heavy rain during the night, seems to have spent its force.
由于夜间下了大雨，森林大火看起来火势锐减。
9.
when it suddenly began to rain very hard.
忽然下起了滂沱大雨。
10.
Just before the heavy rain fell, the wind blew a hurricane.
下大雨之前刮起了狂风。
11.
Suddenly rain began to pour down,
天忽然下起了大雨。
12.
Heardly had we left home when it began to rain cats and dogs.
我们刚离开家,就下起倾盆大雨来了.(刚刚)
13.
We just started to lay out the picnic and the heavens opened.
我们刚刚开始摆开时餐，天就下起倾盆大雨来了。
14.
To our great disappointment, it rained on the day of the picnic.
使我们大失所望的是野餐那天下起雨来了.
15.
The rain stopped in midafternoon, then resumed its ways just before evening.
下午雨停了,而近黄昏时分又下了起来。
16.
The men cast off their packs, withdrew their ponchos and set up their pup tents again.
大家扔下了背包，取出了雨披，把小帐篷重又架了起来。
17.
There was a gust of wind and then it began to pour.
刮了一阵风，跟着就下起了大雨。
18.
It's beginning to snow in earnest, ie heavily.
雪真的下起来了（下大了）.