In the rain - в дождь, под дождём In the rain means in the weather when there are drops of water from clouds. e.g. Don't go out in the rain, it will finish soon.
By ... o'clock, by ... (month, year), by now, by the time By … o’clock – к … часам We must be there by 5 o'clock. by Monday - к понедельнику The parcel should arrive by Monday. by now - к этому времени She should be here by now! by the time - к тому времени (как, когда) By the time we get there, the shop will be closed...
Whom - косвенный (то есть любой, кроме именительного) падеж от who - кто Of (about) whom - из которых, о котором: She had two brothers, all of whom worked at the factory. To whom - кому, которому: The man, to whom I spoke, was quite old. With whom - с кем, с которым: I shared the books with my friend, with whom I get on really well. Without whom - без кого, без которого: The boy, without whom the class had gone to the theatre, was late. From whom – от (из, у) кого, от (из, у) которого: From whom...
Talk about – говорить, болтать, разговаривать о чём-либо (нейтральный стиль, самое популярное выражение из трёх). To talk about something/ doing something means to speak to someone about something/ doing something. The phrase 'talking about' is widely used in English. We talked about our problems. Talk of – говорить, упоминать о чём-либо (официальный стиль, реже употребляется) The phrase 'talking of' is used to introduce a topic or subject in a conversation, similar to 'speaking of'...
A friend of mine/ yours/ his/ hers/ ours/ theirs/ my sister's/ of Jim's... - один мой (и т.п.) друг, мой (и т.п.) приятель, один из моих (и т.п.) друзей A friend of ... means a person with whom one shares mutual affection...