While listening to the sound of the spring rain, I was reading a book.

It was the first time I had a face-to-face meeting with him.

It was the first time I met him face to face.

He has two children with his second wife.

This song vividly expresses the rise and fall in tone.

His voice rose and fell like music.

The death of this civilization is inevitable.

This civilization is on the verge of extinction.

The female peddler was selling fruits in the market every day.

My umbrella was useless in the sudden downpour.