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Lightning is usually followed by thunder.
稲妻は普通、雷鳴の前に光る。
The storm-clouds brooded over the valley.
雷雲が谷一面にたれこめていた。
It's also scary when the lightning strikes across the sky, but what's really scary is the sound. Once, my house was struck by lightning and since then I've become even more scared.
ピカッと光るのも怖いのですが、どうしても音が怖いで、一度家に落雷してからさらに苦手になりました。
Thunder rolled with menacing crashes.
雷が今にも落ちそうな激しい音でごろごろと鳴った。
He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.
彼は地雷の上を運転して、彼のジープは爆裂した。
The train that Tom was riding was hit by lightning.
トムの乗っていた電車に雷が直撃した。
It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.
雷鳴が聞こえるよりも先に稲光が見えるのは、光が音よりも早く伝わるからである。
A thunderbolt is likely to fall any minute.
雷が今にも落ちてきそうだ。
He snarled out his anger.
彼は怒って雷を落とした。
Thunder has been explained scientifically, and people no longer believe it is a sign that the gods are angry with them, so thunder, too, is a little less frightening.
