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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 count on or depend on.Rate it:
reckon onTo plan on; to expect.Rate it:
reckon uponTo count upon or depend upon.Rate it:
reckon uponTo plan upon; to expect.Rate it:
reckon withTo settle accounts with or to settle claims with.Rate it:
reckon withTo deal with.Rate it:
reckon withTo take into account.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 dogUsed other than as an idiom: see red, dog.Rate it:
red dogA blitz.Rate it:
red dogTo blitz.Rate it:
red face testA hypothetical test of a person's embarrassment, that is either passed or failed. Saying one passes the red face test means one would not blush and thus would not be embarrassed by disclosing something to others or doing something, and saying one fails the red face test means a situation would cause them discernible embarrassment.Rate it:

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