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Elementary

Afternoon Rain
Hujan Petang

97 words
Illustration for Hujan Petang

Pada lewat petang, Suri keluar dari pasar raya dengan dua beg barang. Langit kelihatan gelap dan angin mula bertiup kuat. Tiba-tiba, hujan turun dengan lebat. Suri membuka payung, tetapi jalan di hadapan pasar raya sudah dipenuhi air. Dia berdiri di bawah bumbung bersama beberapa orang lain. Seorang kanak-kanak ketawa kerana kasutnya basah. Selepas lima belas minit, hujan mula reda. Suri menempah teksi melalui aplikasi di telefonnya. Sementara menunggu, dia memastikan roti dan sayur di dalam beg tidak basah. Tidak lama kemudian, teksi yang ditempahnya pun tiba. Suri masuk ke dalam kereta, menutup payung dan menarik nafas lega.

Key Vocabulary

pasar raya
supermarket
bertiup kuat
to blow strongly
hujan lebat
heavy rain
dipenuhi air
filled with water
di bawah bumbung
under the roof
reda
to ease or subside
menempah
to book
aplikasi
app
memastikan
to make sure
teksi
taxi
menarik nafas lega
to breathe a sigh of relief
English Translation

Late in the afternoon, Suri leaves the supermarket with two bags of shopping. The sky looks dark and the wind begins to blow strongly. Suddenly, heavy rain starts to fall. Suri opens her umbrella, but the road in front of the supermarket is already covered with water. She stands under the roof with several other people. A child laughs because his shoes are wet. After fifteen minutes, the rain begins to ease. Suri books a taxi through an app on her phone. While waiting, she makes sure the bread and vegetables in her bags do not get wet. Before long, the taxi she booked arrives. Suri gets into the car, closes her umbrella and breathes a sigh of relief.

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