I found this sentence in Cambridge Dictionary: "The ground was hard and the rime thick and crisp on the grass." I can't figure it out why there's no any verb after "the rime". It just doesn't make sense to me. "The ground was hard" - that's ok. "The rime (was??) thick and crisp on the grass" - wh...

I am not sure I understand what "I remember boys at school texting me asking me 'How's things?'. I just remember thinking, 'Ah! That's such a cop out because now I have to create a conversation.'" means. Is it ellipted? This line occurs at 05:55 in the Youtube video titled "DO NOT say "how are you?"