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cloud
Noun
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A cloud is a collection of condensed water vapor floating in the sky that sometimes makes rain.
Those dark storm clouds are quickly getting closer.
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A cloud is a group or swarm of something.
The cloud of locusts flew closer to the corn.
cloud
Verb
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If something is clouded, it becomes foggy or gloomy; it becomes blocked from sight.
The sky clouded over.
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If something is clouded, it becomes obscure.
Don't cloud the issue.
with
Preposition
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With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened
I went to school with my brother.
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With is used to describe something added to something else
The cat has a collar with a bell on it.
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With is used to show what thing is used to do something
He hit the nail with a hammer.
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Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses.
With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.
lightning
Noun
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An electrical discharge in the atmosphere.
That tree was hit by lightning.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
rain
Noun
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Drops of water that fall out of clouds in the sky.
I do not like going outside in the rain.
rain
Verb
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If it is raining, water is falling from the sky.