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Vts nair Posted 12 years ago
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Unexpected rain?
While I was walking, Unexpectedly rain started. In order to avoid getting wet I just went into a nearby shop for a while. This is the situation and I'm looking for phrase I can use and has the following meaning..like seek a shelter for a while or till the rain let up etc
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First of all, it would be more natural if you rephrased the sentence like this: While I was walking, it started raining unexpectedly . In order to avoid getting wet , I just went into a shop for a while.
- First of all, it would be more natural if you rephrased the sentence like this: While I was walking, it started raining unexpectedly .
- In order to avoid getting wet , I just went into a shop for a while.
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First of all, it would be more natural if you rephrased the sentence like this:
While I was walking, it started raining unexpectedly. In order to avoid getting wet, Ijust went into a shop for a while.
While I was walking, it started raining unexpectedly. In order to avoid getting wet, I
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... I took shelter in shop.
There's no real need for 'for a while' unless the storm lasted for a long time and you abandoned your shop before the storm had ended.
There's no real need for 'for a while' unless the storm lasted for a long time and you abandoned your shop before the storm had ended.
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