Coats dripping.

Meaning: This means that outer garments that are worn to keep warm or dry are falling in drops from a surface.

Choice of Words: Coats are outer garments that are worn to keep warm or dry. Dripping is a verb that means to fall in drops from a surface.

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The coats are dripping.

Meaning: This means that the coats are wet and water is falling from them in drops.

Choice of Words: Coats are what we wear to keep us warm when it's cold outside. Dripping means that water is falling in drops from something. So, when we say "The coats are dripping," we mean that water is dripping from the coats.

Our coats are soaking wet.

Meaning: This means that our coats have a lot of water on them and they are very wet.

Choice of Words: Our means that the coats belong to us. Soaking means that something is very wet. Wet means that something has water on it or in it. So, when we say "Our coats are soaking wet," we mean that our coats are very wet.

The rain is making our coats wet.

Meaning: This means that the rain is falling on our coats and making them wet.

Choice of Words: Rain is water that falls from the sky. Making means that something is causing something else to happen. Wet means that something has water on it or in it. So, when we say "The rain is making our coats wet," we mean that the rain is causing our coats to get wet.

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