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raise one's handTo dare to question.Rate it:

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raise one's handTo volunteer.Rate it:

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raise one's voiceTo speak loudly.Rate it:

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ratio acceptorum et datorum (accepti et expensi) (Amic. 16. 58)the account of receipts and expenditure.Rate it:

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rationem ab aliquo reptere de aliqua re (Cluent. 37. 104)to demand an account, an audit of a matter.Rate it:

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rationem alicuius rei reposcere aliquem or ab aliquoto demand an account, an audit of a matter.Rate it:

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rationem belli gerendi mutare (Liv. 32. 31)to change one's tactics.Rate it:

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rationes putare cum aliquoto balance accounts with some one.Rate it:

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rattle one's cagethe act of irritating instead of contrributing, disturbing acts or interruptions:Rate it:

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razor strappedThe violent WHIPPING of a recalcitrant, errant, disobedient grammar school boy with a two-inch wide by thirty inch long by one/quarter inch thick cowhide strap or belt. Punishment was generally for a misdemeanor and the beating was generally by the schoolmaster, school Principal, janitor or a person designated by the Principal to administer the 'thrashing': 'Crying out' or screaming by the school boy was met by harsher thrashing and Yelling' from the maddened 'THRASHER': The well 'WELTED'STRAPPED victims were forced to return to their classroomRate it:

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reach a critical massWhen one works, reworks, tries every trick in the book, one can attain the verge of an explosion.Rate it:

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reach outTo extend one's hand forward.Rate it:

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reach outTo make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.Rate it:

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reach-aroundAn ostensibly thoughtful gesture, especially one performed to win favour or mitigate unfair treatment.Rate it:

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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:

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reap the whirlwindTo suffer bad consequences in one's actions.Rate it:

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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:

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rebrousser cheminTo retrace one's steps, to turn back.Rate it:

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reckon forTo answer for; to pay the account for.Rate it:

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reckon withTo take into account.Rate it:

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reckon without one's hostTo reckon without or not reckon with something or somebody, misjudge, miscalculate, ignore, not take into account.Rate it:

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reckon without one's hostTo forget the most important person.Rate it:

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reckon without one's hostTo engage in wishful thinking.Rate it:

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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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red rideranother name for "War", one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Rate it:

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rede wenig, rede wahr trinke mäßig und zahll bar.One should speak not too much and should say true and even drinking a lot should ever pay cash.Rate it:

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redeem oneselfto resolve, or make up for, one's previous folly.Rate it:

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referre in reos aliquemto put some one on the list of the accused.Rate it:

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refrenare cupiditates, libidinesto bridle one's desires.Rate it:

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religionem alicui afferre, inicere, incutereto inspire some one with 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 bene (male) gerere (vid. sect. XVI. 10a)to manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill.Rate it:

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rem familiarem neglegereto neglect, mismanage one's household matters.Rate it:

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rem familiarem tuerito manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill.Rate it:

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rem publicam alicui permittereto give some one unlimited power in state affairs.Rate it:

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remplir son mériteTo act up to one’s reputation.Rate it:

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render unto CaesarTo give to one's state or government, especially in the form of a tax payment.Rate it:

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rendre compte à livres, sous et deniersTo give an account to the uttermost farthing.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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renovate your lifeA chiding, an expression relative to fostering change, institute a renaissance in one's life.Rate it:

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rentrer dans sa coquilleTo draw in one’s horns.Rate it:

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rentrer par une oreille et ressortir par l'autrego in one ear and out the otherRate it:

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repulsam ferre consulatus (a populo) (Tusc. 5. 19. 54)to fail in one's candidature for the consulship.Rate it:

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resipiscere (Att. 4. 5. 2)to recover one's reason, be reasonable again.Rate it:

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responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferreto extract an answer from some one.Rate it:

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rest on one's laurelsTo rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further.Rate it:

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return to one's muttonsto get back to the business at hand.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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revenge is sweetSaid when one is satisfied with taking revenge on oneself.Rate it:

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rex-patA repeat expatriate, one who becomes ex-patriated a second time.Rate it:

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