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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Level
A1A2A2+B1B1+B2B2+C1C2
Part of speech
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  • rack your brainsphraseC1To search your memory hard for something.
  • rail againstphraseC1To complain bitterly and at length about something.
  • rain on someone's paradephraseC1To spoil somebody's enjoyment of their moment.
  • raining cats and dogsphraseB1Pouring with very heavy rain.
  • raise a familyphraseB1To have children and bring them up.
  • raise a questionphraseB2To bring a matter up for consideration.
  • raise an eyebrowphraseB2To lift one brow in doubt or surprise.
  • raise awarenessphraseB2To make more people know about something.
  • raise moneyphraseB1To collect funds for a purpose.
  • raise the barphraseB2To set a higher standard than before.
  • rattle offphraseC1To say a long list quickly and without effort.
  • reach a conclusionphraseB2To arrive at a settled judgement.
  • read between the linesphraseB2To find the meaning that is hinted but never said.
  • read up onphraseB2To study a subject by reading about it.
  • recharge your batteriesphraseB2To rest until your energy comes back.
  • reckless abandonphraseC1Behaviour with no thought for the danger at all.
  • red card/ˈɹɛd ˌkɑɹd/phraseB1The card that sends a player off the field for good.
  • rein inphraseC1To pull a horse up, or to hold something back.
  • reinvent the wheel/ˌɹiːɪnˌvɛnt ðə ˈ(h)wiːl/phraseC1To waste effort making again what already exists.
  • rely onphraseB1To depend on somebody or something with confidence.
  • remote workphraseB1Doing your job from home instead of the office.
  • rend asunderphraseC2To wrench something violently apart, splitting it into large separate pieces rather than small shreds.
  • reply allphraseB1To answer a message to everybody who received it.
  • report cardphraseB1The paper with all your grades that goes home to your parents.
  • ring a bellphraseB2To sound faintly familiar without quite coming back.
  • rinse outphraseB1To wash the inside of something with clean water.
  • rock the boatphraseB2To disturb a situation that was going along quietly.
  • rocket sciencephraseB2Something so complicated that ordinary people cannot follow it.
  • role modelphraseB2A person so admirable that others copy how they live.
  • roll outphraseB22 meaningsTo flatten dough with a rolling pin.
  • roll upphraseB22 meaningsTo turn something over on itself into a roll.
  • roll your eyesphraseB2To turn the eyes upward to show contempt.
  • rolling pinphraseB1The heavy wooden cylinder you flatten dough with.
  • round downphraseB1To lower a number to the nearest convenient one.
  • round onphraseC1To turn suddenly and attack somebody with words.
  • round the bendphraseC1Driven mad or completely irrational.
  • round the clockphraseB2All day and all night without pause.
  • round trip/ˈɹaʊn(d).tɹɪp/phraseB1A journey there and back again on one ticket.
  • round upphraseB1To raise a number to the nearest convenient one.
  • rub your eyesphraseB1To press the eyes with the hands from tiredness.
  • rule of thumbphraseC1A rough practical guide that works most of the time.
  • rule outphraseB2To decide something is not possible and drop it.
  • run a businessphraseB1To manage a commercial concern.
  • run a riskphraseB2To act in a way that could go badly wrong.
  • run aground/ˌrʌn əˈɡraʊnd/phraseC1To drive a boat onto the bottom and stick.
  • run awayphraseA2To escape by running from a place or person.
  • run downphraseB22 meaningsTo lose power or be gradually reduced.
  • run intophraseB22 meaningsTo meet someone unexpectedly.
  • run latephraseB1To be behind schedule.
  • run outphraseB12 meaningsTo use up the whole supply of something.
  • run out ofphraseA2To have no more of something left.
  • run out of timephraseB1To have nothing left before the deadline.
  • run overphraseB22 meaningsTo knock down and drive over with a vehicle.
  • run throughphraseB22 meaningsTo rehearse or review something quickly from beginning to end.
  • rush hourphraseB2The busy time of day when everyone travels to or from their job at once.