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qui s'excuse, s'accuseIf you try to excuse yourself you practically acknowledge that you have done wrong; A guilty conscience needs no accuser.Rate it:

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qui se ressemble, s'assembleBirds of a feather flock together; Like will to like.Rate it:

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quieto, tranquillo, securo animo esseto enjoy peace of mind.Rate it:

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quinque anni sunt or sextus annus est, cum te non vidiI have not seen you for five years.Rate it:

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rabbitCaught like a rabbit in the headlights.Rate it:

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rag baggerA sailboat, usually a cruising sailboats which tend to carry and store lots of supplies along the deck, or any sailboat that looks like a neglected vessel, or messy vessel.Rate it:

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ratione, doctrina (opp. usu) aliquid cognitum habereto have a theoretical knowledge of a thing.Rate it:

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rationem habere alicuius reito have regard for; take into consideration.Rate it:

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reach for the starsTo have high hopes, to be ambitious.Rate it:

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read like a bookTo be able to discern someone's thoughts from his or her body language or other behavior.Rate it:

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read someone's mindTo guess or deduce what someone is thinking.Rate it:

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rear upTo rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.Rate it:

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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:

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rebus maritimis multum valereto have a powerful navy.Rate it:

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recenti memoria tenere aliquidto have a vivid recollection of a thing.Rate it:

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rei militaris rudem esseto have had no experience in war.Rate it:

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rei publicae praeesseto have the management of the state.Rate it:

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religion is like a nail, the deeper you hammer it, the deeper it goes.Addresses the folly of religous intolerance. Criticizing a person's beliefs is more likely to deepen their convictions rather than convince them to change.Rate it:

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religione obstrictos habere multitudinis animos (Liv. 6. 1. 10)to have power over the people by trading on their religious scruples.Rate it:

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rem actam or simply actum agere (proverb.)to have all one's trouble for nothing.Rate it:

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rem acu tetigistiyou have hit the nail on the head.Rate it:

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remain to be seenTo have not yet happened; to be as yet unknown.Rate it:

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remuer l'argent à la pelleTo have plenty of money.Rate it:

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rendre gorgeTo have to pay back money unjustly acquired; To disgorge one’s ill-gotten gains.Rate it:

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res (opp. verba) mihi suppetitI have abundance to say.Rate it:

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res ad arma venitmatters have reached the fighting-stage.Rate it:

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res mihi integra estI have not yet committed myself.Rate it:

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res mihi tecum estI have a point to discuss with you.Rate it:

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res spectat ad vim (arma)there seems a prospect of armed violence; things look like violence.Rate it:

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respicere aliquidto have regard for; take into consideration.Rate it:

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revenge is a dish best served coldAn expression that emotional detachment is ideal when taking revenge, as one is righting the wrongs that have been done to the doer.Rate it:

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revenir bredouille(of sportsmen) To return with an empty bag; To have made an unsuccessful attempt; To return disappointed.Rate it:

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rhetorical questionA QUESTION which is asked merely for effect, and which does not expect an answer. For example: If I say, "Do I look like a fool?" then I don't expect an answer: I am merely choosing a rhetorical way of saying, "I am not a fool."Rate it:

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rick rolledBasically on youtube,you're probably gonna find lots of links, some of them link to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up", which if you do find one, you have been rick rolled.Rate it:

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ride the short busTo have a need for a special education program, as because learning disabled.Rate it:

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rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à pointIt is no good hurrying if you have not started in time.Rate it:

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right to lifeThe moral or legal entitlement of an unborn child to be born, and not have its birth prevented through an abortion or other medical procedure.Rate it:

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right to workThe human right (the right of an individual) to have gainful employment.Rate it:

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ring of truthA phrase or story or comment that may only have a portion of truth to it.Rate it:

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rira bien qui rira le dernierThey have most to laugh at who laugh last; Let them laugh that win.Rate it:

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roll aroundto be considered, without much coherence, in someone's mindRate it:

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room-temperature IQA below-average IQ; by extension, a dull or unintelligent mind.Rate it:

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rubber jungleIn a commercial passenger airliner, the dense, forest-like profusion of suspended tubes, straps, bags, and masks which results when large numbers of oxygen masks are deployed.Rate it:

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run around like a chicken with its head cut offTo act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.Rate it:

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run around withTo spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often used to talk about a person's group of friends that one does not like much.Rate it:

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run like a topTo operate flawlessly and smoothly.Rate it:

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run like the windRunning really fast.Rate it:

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running around like a chicken with its head cut offdoing/accomplishing a lot of things, sometimes frantically or quicklyRate it:

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sa figure me revientI like his face.Rate it:

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same hereI agree; I am in the same situation; I have had or am having the same experience or perception.Rate it:

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