Raindrops reflect the rainbow.

Meaning: Raindrops can show us beautiful colors like a rainbow.

Choice of Words: Raindrops act as tiny mirrors, reflecting light. "Reflect" means to send back light, sound, or heat. A "rainbow" is an arch of colors that appears in the sky after rain.

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Rain makes the rainbow shine.

Meaning: This means that when it rains, the water droplets in the air bounce the light from the sun back to our eyes so that we can see the rainbow. It's like how a prism bounces light to create a rainbow.

Choice of Words: Rain is the water that falls from the clouds. Makes means to cause something to happen. Shine means to give off light. Rainbow is the beautiful arc of colors that you see in the sky after it rains. When you put them together, "Rain makes the rainbow shine" means that the rain causes the rainbow to give off light so that we can see it.

When it rains, you can see a rainbow.

Meaning: This means that when it rains, the water droplets in the air bounce the light from the sun back to our eyes so that we can see the rainbow. It's like how a prism bounces light to create a rainbow.

Choice of Words: When means at the time that something happens. Rains is the water that falls from the clouds. You means the person reading or listening to the sentence. Can means to be able to do something. See means to use your eyes to look at something. Rainbow is the beautiful arc of colors that you see in the sky after it rains. When you put them together, "When it rains, you can see a rainbow" means that when water falls from the clouds, you are able to use your eyes to look at the rainbow.

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