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ready, set, goon your mark, get set, goRate it:
ready, steady, goready, set, goRate it:
real dealA thing or person which is genuine, authentic, or worthy of serious regard.Rate it:
real jobA hobby that takes all of a person's free time.Rate it:
real jobA job that can't be replaced advantageously by a machine or a procedure.Rate it:
real jobA job which requires the employee to, work regular hours for a consistent wage that often exceeds the provisions of applicable minimum wage legislation. A job that produces a living wage.Rate it:
real macoyThe genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation.Rate it:
real mccoyThe genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation.Rate it:
Real McCoyGenuine or the original articles and not the fake ones; something original or best in qualityRate it:
real mckoyThe genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation.Rate it:
real men don't eat quiche(aphorism, humorous) The stereotypical man does not do things that are considered effeminate, as to do so would imply they are effeminate.Rate it:
real persimmonsTHIS SEEMS TO BE THE EQUIVALENT OF "The real McCoy."Rate it:
real superheroUsed other than as an idiom: see real, superhero.Rate it:
real superheroA crimefighter who imitates common characteristics of superheroes of fiction, typically by at least wearing colorful spandex clothes and a mask.Rate it:
real timeUsed other than as an idiom: see real, time.Rate it:
real timeThe time duration required by a computer system to complete a particular taskRate it:
reality checkA check or review to make sure something is consistent, reasonable, etc.Rate it:
reality checkA wake-up call, reminder.Rate it:
reap the harvestMy plan for this quarter is to concentrate upon one main item in our brief catalog and hope to reap a harvest from this thrust!Rate it:
reap the whirlwindEllipsis of sow the wind, reap the whirlwindRate it:
reap the whirlwindTo suffer bad consequences in one's actions.Rate it:
reap what one sowsTo receive as a reward or harvest in the same measure as one's exertions, in a good or a bad sense. To receive justice.Rate it:
rear upTo rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.Rate it:
rearrange the deck chairs on the titanicTo do something pointless or insignificant that will soon be overtaken by events, or that contributes nothing to the solution of a current problem.Rate it:
reasonable personA fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society and how he or she would behave or think, especially in determining negligence; sometimes formulated as "a person of ordinary prudence exercising due care in like circumstances."Rate it:
reasonable personUsed other than as an idiom: see reasonable, person.Rate it:
rebajasThis word is used a great deal in shop windows in Tenerife -- it means discounts in SpanishRate it:
rebound relationshipA relationship proceeding a longterm relationship, usually short in duration and used to help mend the "broken heart".Rate it:
rebrousser cheminTo retrace one's steps, to turn back.Rate it:
recent memoryWhat is commonly remembered by most people, especially in terms of recent historical developments.Rate it:
recipe for disastera plan that is sure to fail; events that come together to cause a catastrophe;Rate it:
reckon forTo answer for; to pay the account for.Rate it:
reckon onTo plan on; to expect.Rate it:
reckon onTo count on or depend on.Rate it:
reckon uponTo plan upon; to expect.Rate it:
reckon uponTo count upon or depend upon.Rate it:
reckon withTo deal with.Rate it:
reckon withTo take into account.Rate it:
reckon withTo settle accounts with or to settle claims with.Rate it:
reckon withoutTo ignore that which cannot readily be ignored.Rate it:
reckon without one's hostTo reckon without or not reckon with something or somebody, misjudge, miscalculate, ignore, not take into account.Rate it:
reckon without one's hostTo forget the most important person.Rate it:
reckon without one's hostTo engage in wishful thinking.Rate it:
record playergramophoneRate it:
red admiralbutterflyRate it:
red as a beetrootAn expression used when someone's face turns a bright red colour, often through embarrassment. Also used in the comparative form: "Your face was redder than a beetroot".Rate it:
Red BaronA hotshot fighter pilot; an ace fighter pilot.Rate it:
red cabbagevegetableRate it:
red cardreferee's itemRate it:
red dogA blitz.Rate it:

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