The rain falls heavy on the roof.
Meaning: This sentence describes rain dropping or moving downward with a lot of weight onto a roof.
Choice of Words: Falls is the present tense of the verb fall, which means to drop or move downward. Heavy means having a lot of weight. Roof is the top part of a building that keeps out the rain and sun. When you put them together, "The rain falls heavy on the roof" means the water is dropping or moving downward with a lot of weight onto the top part of a building that keeps out the rain and sun.
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