Sentence:  And every sound that might <WSD>be</WSD> the rain also might be the man who thinks after he has raped you he has to beat your brains out with a tire tool so you won n't tell , a combination like ham and eggs , rape her and kill her , and that is being an old maid too . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  be identical to; be someone or something