21.   There had been no rain and the grass was very dry.

22.   There had been no rain for months and the land was bone dry.

23.   There had been no rain to speak of for ten weeks and the garden was dying.

24.   There had been rain earlier in the week and the soil under the thick vegetation was still damp.

25.   There is enough rain in this region to provide grazing for cattle and good land to grow crops.

26.   There were torrential rains, rivers burst their banks and flooded standing crops, churches were struck by lightning in heavy thunderstorms.

27.   There will be heavy rain in most parts of the country.

28.   There will be rain in many parts of the country tonight.

29.   Where there is more rain and cloud the beet grows larger but it has less sugar content.

30.   Most of the country will be dry, but there will be some rain locally.