record record 2 /r thing or to make a note of something 쑗 First, I have to record the sales, then I’ll post the parcels.. rectangle rectangle / rektŋ'əl/ noun a shape with four sides a
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admit something that has gone wrong or
is bad 쑗 I recognise that we should have
acted earlier 3 to approve of
some-thing or someone officially 쑗 The
lan-guage school has been recognised by
the Ministry of Education 쑗 She is
rec-ognised as an expert in the field of
ge-netics 4 to express praise for
some-thing which has been done 쑗 They
rec-ognised her years of service.
recognition
recognition /rekə' nʃ(ə)n/ noun
praise expressed for something that
someone has done 쑗 In recognition of
his services he was given a watch.
recommend
recommend /rekə mend/ verb 1 to
tell someone that it would be good to do
something 쑗 I would recommend that
you talk to the bank manager 쑗 This
restaurant was recommended by a
friend 2 to praise something or
some-one 쑗 She was highly recommended by
her boss 쑗 I certainly would not
recom-mend Miss Smith for the job 쑗 Can you
recommend a good hotel in Amsterdam?
record
record 1 /
sport which is better than any other
per-formance 쑗 She holds the world record
for the 100 metres 쑗 He broke the world
record or he set up a new world record
at the last Olympics 쑗 The college team
is trying to set a new record for eating
tins of beans 2 written evidence of
something which has happened 쑗 We
have no record of the sale 3 a flat
round piece of usually black plastic on
which sound is stored 쑗 She bought me
an old Elvis Presley record for
Christ-mas 쑗 Burglars broke into his flat and
stole his record collection 앳 off the
record in private and not to be made
public 쑗 She spoke off the record about
her marriage.
record
record 2 /r
thing or to make a note of something 쑗
First, I have to record the sales, then I’ll
post the parcels 2 to put sounds or
im-ages onto something such as a film, tape
or disc 쑗 The police recorded the whole
conversation on a hidden tape-recorder.
쑗 This song has been badly recorded.
recorder
recorder /r
ment which records sound 쑗 My tape
re-corder doesn’t work, so I can’t record
the concert 2 a musical instrument that
you play by blowing 쑗 Like most chil-dren, I learnt to play the recorder at school.
recording
recording /r
of putting sounds or images onto
some-thing such as a film, tape or disc 쑗 the recording of a video 쑗 The recording
session starts at 3pm 2 music or
speech which has been recorded 쑗 Did you know there was a new recording of the concerto?
recover
recover /r kvə/ verb 1 to feel healthy
again after being ill 쑗 Has she recovered
from her operation? 2. to get back something which has been lost or stolen
쑗 You must work much harder if you want to recover the money you invested
in your business 쑗 She’s trying to re-cover damages from the driver of the car.
recovery
recovery /r kv(ə)ri/ noun 1 the
proc-ess of becoming healthy again after
be-ing ill 쑗 She made a quick recovery and
is now back at work 2 the act of getting
back something which has been lost or
stolen 쑗 The TV programme led to the recovery of all the stolen goods 쑗 We are aiming for the complete recovery of the money invested.
recreation
recreation /rekri eʃ(ə)n/ noun
enjoy-able activities that people do for fun 쑗
The park is used for sport and recrea-tion.
rectangle
rectangle / rektŋ'əl/ noun a shape with four sides and right angles at the corners, with two long sides and two short sides
recycle
recycle / sak(ə)l/ verb to process waste material so that it can be used again
red
red /red/ adjective coloured like the
col-our of blood 쑗 She turned bright red when we asked her what had happened
to the money 쑗 Don’t start yet – the traffic lights are still red 쐽 noun a
col-our like the colcol-our of blood 쑗 I would like a darker red for the door 쑗 Don’t start yet – the traffic lights are still on red.
reduce
reduce /r
thing smaller or less 쑗 The police are
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fighting to reduce traffic accidents 쑗
Prices have been reduced by 15 per
cent 쑗 I’d like to reduce the size of the
photograph so that we can use it as a
Christmas card.
reduction
reduction /r dkʃən/ noun the act of
making something smaller in size or
number 쑗 Price reductions start on 1st
August 쑗 The company was forced to
make job reductions.
reef
reef /
above or below the surface of the sea 쑗
The yacht hit a reef and sank.
refer
refer /r
thing or someone 쑗 Do you think he was
referring to me when he said some staff
would have to leave? 2 to look into
something for information 쑗 He
re-ferred to his diary to see if he had a free
afternoon 3 to pass a problem to
some-one to decide 쑗 We have referred your
complaint to our head office 쑗 He was
referred to an ear specialist by his GP.
(NOTE: refers – referring – referred)
referee
referee /refə
son who makes sure that a game is
played according to the rules 쑗 When
fighting broke out between the players,
the referee stopped the match 쑗 The
ref-eree sent several players off.
reference
reference / ref(ə)rəns/ noun an act of
mentioning something or someone 쑗
She made a reference to her
brother-in-law 쑗 The report made no reference to
the bank 앳 with reference to
concern-ing somethconcern-ing 쑗 With reference to your
letter of May 25th.
refill
refill 1 / fl/ verb to fill a container that
has become empty 쑗 The waiter refilled
our glasses 쑗 We stopped twice to refill
the car on the way to Scotland.
refill
refill 2 /
drink that you have finished 쑗 Your
glass is empty – can I get you a refill?
reflect
reflect /r flekt/ verb to send back light,
heat or an image of something 쑗 a
pic-ture of snow-capped mountains
reflect-ed in a clear blue lake 쑗 The light
re-flected on the top of the car 쑗 White
surfaces reflect light better than dark
ones.
reform
reform /r
ing something in order to make it better
쑗 The government is planning a series
of reforms to the benefit system 쐽 verb
1. to change something in order to make
it better 쑗 They want to reform the
edu-cational system 2 to stop committing
crimes, or to stop having bad habits and
to become good 쑗 After her time in
pris-on she became a reformed character 쑗
He used to drink a lot, but since he got married he has reformed.
refreshing
refreshing /r freʃŋ/ adjective some-thing which is refreshing makes you
feel fresh or full of energy again 쑗 I had
a refreshing drink of cold water 쑗 A re-freshing shower of rain cooled the air.
refrigerator
refrigerator /r frd"əretə/ noun an electrical machine used in the kitchen
for keeping food and drink cold 쑗
There’s some orange juice in the refrig-erator (NOTE: often called a fridge)
refugee
refugee /refjυ
has left his or her country because of war or because the government did not like allow his or her religious or politi-cal beliefs
refusal
refusal /r
ing that you do not accept something 쑗
His refusal to help was unexpected 쑗
Did you accept? – no! I sent a letter of refusal.
refuse
refuse 1 /r
will not do something 쑗 His father re-fused to lend him any more money 쑗 He asked for permission to see his family,
but it was refused 2 왍 the car refused
to start the car would not start 쑗 Once again this morning the car refused to start.
refuse
refuse 2 /
things which are not wanted 쑗 Please put all refuse in the bin 쑗 Refuse collec-tion on our road is on Thursdays (NOTE:
no plural)
regard
regard /r
for something 쑗 She had no regard for
the safety of her children 2 an opinion
of someone 쑗 He is held in high regard
by his staff 3 왍 regards best wishes 쑗
She sends her (kind) regards 쑗 Please give my regards to your mother 쐽 verb
to have an opinion about someone 쑗 She
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is highly regarded by the manager 앳 as
regards relating to 쑗 As regards the
cost of the trip, I’ll let you know soon
what the final figure is 앳 with regard
to relating to 쑗 With regard to your
re-quest for extra funds.
region
region /
country 쑗 The South-West region is well
known for its apples.
regional
regional /
to a region 쑗 The recession has not
af-fected the whole country – it is only
re-gional 쑗 After the national news, here
is the regional news for the South West.
register
register / red"stə/ noun 1 a list of
names 쑗 I can’t find your name in the
register 쑗 His name was struck off the
register 2 a book in which you sign
your name 쑗 Please sign the hotel
reg-ister when you check in 쐽 verb to write
a name officially in a list 쑗 If you don’t
register, we won’t be able to get in touch
with you 쑗 Babies have to be registered
with the registrar as soon as they are
born.
regret
regret /r 'ret/ noun the feeling of being
sorry that something has happened 쑗 I
have absolutely no regrets about what
we did 쐽verb to be sorry that
some-thing has happened 쑗 I regret to say that
you were not successful 쑗 I regret the
trouble this has caused you 쑗 We regret
the delay in the arrival of our flight from
Amsterdam (NOTE: regrets –
regret-ting – regretted)
regular
regular / re'jυlə/ adjective 1 done at
the same time each day 쑗 His regular
train is the 12.45 쑗 The regular flight to
Athens leaves at 06.00 2 usual or
standard 쑗 The regular price is £1.25,
but we are offering them at 99p.
regularly
regularly / re'jυləli/ adverb on most
occasions 쑗 She is regularly the first
person to arrive at the office each
morn-ing.
regulation
regulation /re'jυ leʃ(ə)n/ noun an
of-ficial rule about how to do something 쑗
safety regulations 쐽 plural noun
regu-lations laws or rules controlling
some-thing 쑗 The restaurant broke the fire
regulations 쑗 Safety regulations were
not being properly followed.
rehearsal
rehearsal /r
of a play or concert before the first pub-lic performance
reign
reign /ren/ noun a period when a king,
queen or emperor rules 쑗 during the reign of Elizabeth I 쐽 verb to rule 쑗
Queen Victoria reigned between 1837 and 1901 쑗 She reigned during a
peri-od of great prosperity (NOTE: Do not
confuse with rain.)
reject
reject 1 /r d"ekt/ verb 1 to refuse to
ac-cept something 쑗 She rejected my sug-gestion that we changed our plans 쑗
The proposals for the new project were
rejected 2 to refuse to accept
some-thing because it is not satisfactory 쑗
Poles shorter than the standard size are rejected.
reject
reject 2 / which is not accepted because it is not satisfactory
relate
relate /r let/ verb 1 to be concerned
with something 쑗 The regulations relate
to the movement of boats in the harbour.
2. to tell a story 쑗 It took him half an hour to relate what had happened.
related to
related to /r letd tυ/ adjective 1
be-longing to the same family as 쑗 Are you related to the Smith family in London
Road? 2 connected in some way with 쑗
The disease is related to the weakness of the heart muscle 쑗 There are several related items on the agenda.
relating to
relating to /r
ing to or connected with 쑗 documents relating to the sale of the house
relation
relation /r leʃ(ə)n/ noun 1 a member
of a family 쑗 All my relations live in Canada 쑗 Laura’s no relation of mine,
she’s just a friend 2 a link between two
things 쑗 Is there any relation between his appointment as MD and the fact that his uncle owns the business? 왍 in
rela-tion to relating to or connected with 쑗
Documents in relation to the sale 쐽
plu-ral noun relations the way that people
or organizations behave towards each
other 쑗 We try to maintain good rela-tions with our customers 쑗 Relations between the two countries have become tense.
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relationship
relationship /r leʃ(ə)nʃp/ noun 1 a
close friendship, especially one in
which two people are involved in a
ro-mantic or sexual way with each other 쑗
She decided to end the relationship
when she found he had been seeing
oth-er women 2 the way that people or
or-ganizations behave towards each other
쑗 We try to have a good working
rela-tionship with our staff 3 a link or
con-nection 쑗 There is a proven relationship
between smoking and lung cancer.
relative
relative / relətv/ noun a person who is
related to someone 쑗 We have several
relatives living in Canada 쑗 He has no
living relatives.
relatively
relatively / relətvli/ adverb to some
ex-tent 쑗 The children have been relatively
free from colds this winter 쑗 We are
dealing with a relatively new company.
relax
relax /r lks/ verb to rest from work or
to be less tense 쑗 They spent the first
week of their holiday relaxing on the
beach 쑗 Guests can relax in the bar
be-fore going to eat in the restaurant 쑗
Just lie back and relax – the injection
won’t hurt.
relaxed
relaxed /r lkst/ adjective not upset or
nervous 쑗 Even if he failed his test, he’s
still very relaxed about the whole thing.
relaxing
relaxing /r lksŋ/ adjective which
makes you less tense
release
release /r
something, or to stop keeping someone
prisoner 쑗 Pull that lever to release the
brakes 쑗 The hostages were released
last night 2 to make something public
쑗 The government has released figures
about the number of people out of work.
relevant
relevant / reləv(ə)nt/ adjective if
some-thing is relevant, it has somesome-thing to do
with the thing being mentioned 쑗 Which
is the relevant government department?
쑗 Can you give me the relevant papers?
쑗 Is this information at all relevant?
reliable
reliable /r laəb(ə)l/ adjective which
can be relied on or which can be trusted
쑗 It is a very reliable car 쑗 The sales
manager is completely reliable.
relief
relief /r
you get when pain has stopped or when
you are no longer nervous or worried 쑗
An aspirin should bring relief 쑗 He breathed a sigh of relief when the police car went past without stopping 쑗 What
a relief to have finished my exams! 2.
help for people in a difficult or
danger-ous situation 쑗 The Red Cross is organ-ising relief for the flood victims.
relieved
relieved /r
rid of a problem
religion
religion /r ld"ən/ noun a belief in gods
or in one God 쑗 Does their religion help them to lead a good life? 쑗 It is against
my religion to eat meat on Fridays.
religious
religious /rə ld"əs/ adjective relating
to religion 쑗 There is a period of reli-gious study every morning.
reluctant
reluctant /r lktənt/ adjective not
will-ing to do somethwill-ing 쑗 He seemed reluc-tant to help.
reluctantly
reluctantly /r lktəntli/ adverb not willingly
rely
rely verb rely on phrasal verb to believe or know that something will happen or that
someone will do something 쑗 We can rely on him to finish the work on time 쑗
Can these machines be relied on?
remain
remain /r men/ verb 1 to continue to
be in a particular place or state, with no
changes 쑗 We expect it will remain fine for the rest of the week 쑗 She remained
behind at the office to finish her work 2.
to be left 쑗 Half the food remained un-eaten and had to be thrown away 쑗 Af-ter the accident not much remained of the car.
remainder
remainder /r mendə/ noun what is
left after everything else has gone 쑗
What shall we do for the remainder of the holidays?
remark
remark /r
someone says 쑗 I heard his remark even
if he spoke in a low voice 쐽 verb to
no-tice and comment on 쑗 She remarked on how dirty the café was.
remarkable
remarkable /r
very unusual 쑗 She’s a remarkable woman 쑗 It’s remarkable that the bank has not asked us to pay back the money.
remarkably
remarkably /r
unusually great degree, or in an unusual
way 쑗 She remained remarkably calm.
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remedy
remedy / remədi/ noun a thing which
may cure an illness or may solve a
prob-lem 쑗 It’s an old remedy for hayfever.
remember
remember /r membə/ verb to bring
back into your mind something which
you have seen or heard before 쑗 Do you
remember when we got lost in the fog?
쑗 My grandmother can remember
see-ing the first television programmes 쑗
She can’t remember where she put her
umbrella 쑗 I don’t remember having
been in this hotel before 쑗 I remember
my grandmother very well 쑗 Did you
remember to switch off the kitchen
light? (NOTE: You remember doing
something which you did in the past;
you remember to do something in
the future.)
remind
remind /r mand/ verb to make
some-one remember something 쑗 Now that
you’ve reminded me, I do remember
see-ing him last week 쑗 Remind me to book
the tickets for New York 쑗 She
remind-ed him that the meeting had to finish at
6.30.
remote
remote /r məυt/ adjective 1 far away
from towns and places where there are
lots of people 쑗 The hotel is situated in
a remote mountain village 2 not very
likely 쑗 There’s a remote chance of
finding a cure for his illness 쑗 The
pos-sibility of him arriving on time is
re-mote (NOTE: remoter – remotest)
remote control
remote control /r məυt kən trəυl/
noun a small piece of electronic
equip-ment which you use for controlling
something such as a TV or CD player
from a distance
remotely
remotely /r məυtli/ adverb 1 very
slightly, or not even very slightly 쑗 I’m
not remotely interested in meeting him.
2. at a great distance from a town 쑗 a
re-motely situated farm 3 without direct
physical contact 쑗 They were able to set
the controls remotely.
removal
removal /r
something or someone away 쑗 the
re-moval of the ban on importing
comput-ers 쑗 Refuse collectors are responsible
for the removal of household waste 쑗
The opposition called for the removal of
the Foreign Secretary 2 the act of
mov-ing to a new home, new office, etc 쑗 a removal van
remove
remove /r
thing away 쑗 You can remove his name from the mailing list 쑗 The waitress re-moved the dirty plates and brought us some tea.
renowned
renowned /r naυnd/ adjective known
and admired by many people 쑗 the re-nowned Italian conductor 쑗 Rome is re-nowned as the centre of Catholicism.
rent
rent /rent/ noun money paid to live in a
flat or house or to use an office or car 쑗
Rents are high in the centre of the town.
쑗 The landlord asked me to pay three months’ rent in advance 쐽 verb to pay money to use a house, flat, office or car
쑗 He rents an office in the centre of town 쑗 He rented a villa by the beach for three weeks.
repair
repair /r peə/ verb to make something
work which is broken or damaged 쑗 I dropped my watch on the pavement, and
I don’t think it can be repaired 쑗 She’s trying to repair the washing machine 쑗
The photocopier is being repaired 쐽
noun the act of making something which is broken or damaged work again
쑗 His car is in the garage for repair 쑗
The hotel is closed while they are carry-ing out repairs to the kitchens.
repeat
repeat /r
again 쑗 Could you repeat what you just said? 쑗 He repeated the address so that the policeman could write it down 쑗
She kept on repeating that she wanted to
go home.
repeatedly
repeatedly /r
many times, often so many that it is an-noying
replace
replace /r ples/ verb to put something
back where it was before 쑗 Please re-place the books correctly on the shelves.
replacement
replacement /r plesmənt/ noun 1 a
thing which is used to replace
some-thing 쑗 An electric motor was bought as
a replacement for the old one 2 the act
of replacing something with something
else 쑗 The mechanics recommended the replacement of the hand pump with an electric model.
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replicate
replicate / replket/ verb to do or make
something in exactly the same way as
before
reply
reply /r pla/ noun 1 an answer,
espe-cially to a letter or telephone call 쑗 We
wrote last week, but haven’t had a reply
yet 쑗 We had six replies to our
adver-tisement (NOTE: The plural is replies.)
2.왍 in reply as an answer 쑗 In reply to
my letter, I received a fax two days later.
쑗 She just shook her head in reply and
turned away 쐽 verb to give or send an
answer to something such as a message
or letter 쑗 He never replies to my letters.
쑗 We wrote last week, but he hasn’t
re-plied yet 쑗 He refused to reply to
ques-tions until his lawyer arrived (NOTE:
re-plies – replying – replied)
report
report /r
what has happened or what will happen
쑗 We read the reports of the accident in
the newspaper 쑗 Can you confirm the
report that the council is planning to
sell the old town hall? 쐽 verb to go
somewhere officially, or to say that you
have arrived somewhere 쑗 to report for
work 쑗 Candidates should report to the
office at 9.00.
reporter
reporter /r
who writes reports of events for a
news-paper or for a TV news programme
represent
represent /repr zent/ verb 1 to speak
or act on behalf of someone or of a
group of people 쑗 He asked his solicitor
to represent him at the meeting 2 to
mean something, or to be a symbol of
something g 쑗 The dark green on the
map represents woods.
representative
representative /repr zentətv/
ad-jective typical of all the people or things
in a group 쑗 The sample isn’t
represent-ative of the whole batch 쐽 noun a
per-son who represents, who speaks on
be-half of someone else 쑗 He asked his
so-licitor to act as his representative 쑗
Representatives of the workforce have
asked to meet the management.
reproduce
reproduce /
a copy of something 쑗 His letters have
been reproduced in the biography 쑗 It
is very difficult to reproduce the sound
of an owl accurately.
reptile
reptile / reptal/ noun a cold-blooded animal which has skin covered with scales and which lays eggs
republic
republic /r pblk/ noun a system of government in which elected represent-atives have power and the leader is an
elected or nominated president 쑗
France is a republic while Spain is a monarchy.
reputation
reputation /repjυ teʃ(ə)n/ noun an
opinion that people have of someone 쑗
He has a reputation for being difficult to deal with 쑗 His bad reputation won’t help him find a suitable job.
request
request /r kwest/ noun asking for
something 쑗 Your request will be dealt with as soon as possible 쐽 verb to ask
for something politely or formally 쑗 I
am enclosing the leaflets you requested.
쑗 Guests are requested to leave their keys at reception 앳 on request if
asked for 쑗 ‘catalogue available on re-quest’
require
require /r kwaə/ verb to need
some-thing 쑗 The disease requires careful nursing 쑗 Writing the program requires
a computer specialist.
required
required /r kwaəd/ adjective which
must be done or provided 쑗 We can cut the wood to the required length 쑗 We can’t reply because we don’t have the required information.
requirement
requirement /r kwaəmənt/ noun
what is necessary 쑗 It is a requirement
of the job that you should be able to drive.
rescue
rescue /
from a dangerous or difficult situation 쑗
When the river flooded, the party of tourists had to be rescued by helicopter.
쑗 The company nearly collapsed, but was rescued by the bank 쐽 noun the ac-tion of saving someone or something in
a difficult or dangerous situation 쑗 No one could swim well enough to go to her rescue.
research
research /r
which tries to find out facts 쑗 The com-pany is carrying out research to find a cure for colds 쑗 The research
laborato-ry has come up with encouraging re-sults 쑗 Our researches proved that the
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letter was a forgery 쐽 verb to study
something in order to find out facts 쑗
Research your subject thoroughly
be-fore you start writing about it.
resent
resent /r zent/ verb to feel annoyed
be-cause of something that you think is
un-fair 쑗 She resents having to do other
people’s work.
resentment
resentment /r zentmənt/ noun the
feeling of being angry and upset about
something that someone else has done 쑗
The decision caused a lot of resentment
among local people.
reservation
reservation /rezə veʃ(ə)n/ noun the
act of booking something, e.g a seat or
table 쑗 I want to make a reservation on
the train to Plymouth tomorrow
evening.
reserve
reserve /r
table 쑗 I want to reserve a table for four
people 쑗 Can you reserve two seats for
me for the evening performance? 쑗
We’re very busy this evening Have you
reserved? 쐽 noun an amount kept back
in case it is needed in the future 쑗 Our
reserves of coal were used up during the
winter 앳 in reserve waiting to be used
쑗 We’re keeping the can of petrol in
re-serve.
reservoir
reservoir /
usually artificial, lake where drinking
water is kept for supplying a city
resident
resident / rezd(ə)nt/ noun a person
who lives in a place, e.g a country or a
hotel 쑗 You need an entry permit if
you’re not a resident of the country 쑗
Only residents are allowed to park their
cars here 쐽 adjective who lives
perma-nently in a place 쑗 There is a resident
caretaker.
resign
resign /r zan/ verb to give up a job 쑗
He resigned with effect from July 1st 쑗
She has resigned (her position) as
fi-nance director.
resist
resist /r zst/ verb to oppose or fight
against something 쑗 He resisted all
at-tempts to make him sell the house 쑗
Bands of guerrillas resisted doggedly in
the mountains 쑗 They resisted the
ene-my attacks for two weeks.
resistance
resistance /r zstəns/ noun opposition
to or fighting against something 쑗 The
patients had no resistance to disease 쑗
Skiers crouch down low to minimise wind resistance 쑗 There was a lot of re-sistance to the new plan from the local residents.
resolve
resolve /r zɒlv/ (formal) verb to
strong-ly decide to do something 쑗 We all re-solved to avoid these mistakes next time.
쐽noun a strong decision to do
some-thing 쑗 The head teacher encouraged him in his resolve to go to university.
resource
resource /r
ply for what is needed or used 쑗 finan-cial resources 쑗 The country is rich in oil, minerals and other natural resourc-es.
respect
respect /r spekt/ noun admiration for
someone 쑗 No one deserves more re-spect than her mother for the way she coped with the bad news 쑗 He showed very little respect for his teacher 쐽 verb
to admire someone, especially because
of his or her achievements or status 쑗
Everyone respected her for what she did.
respectable
respectable /r spektəb(ə)l/ adjective considered by people to be good, and
deserving to be respected 쑗 She’s mar-rying a very respectable young engi-neer 쑗 I don’t want to bring up my chil-dren here, it is not a respectable area.
respond
respond /r spɒnd/ verb 1 to give a
re-ply 쑗 She shouted at him, but he didn’t
respond 2 to show that you like or
ap-prove of something 쑗 I hope the public will respond to our new advertisement.
쑗 The government has responded to pressure from industry.
response
response /r spɒns/ noun something that you do or say as a reaction to
some-thing 쑗 There was no response to our call for help 쑗 The changes provoked
an angry response from customers 왍 in response to something as an answer or
reaction to something 쑗 In response to the United Nations’ request for aid, the government has sent blankets and tents.
responsibility
responsibility /r spɒns blti/ noun
1. the position of someone who must
look after or deal with something 쑗 The management accepts no responsibility for customers’ property 쑗 There is no responsibility on his part for the poor
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results 쑗 Who should take
responsibili-ty for the students’ welfare? 2.
some-thing that someone is responsible for
responsible
responsible /r spɒnsb(ə)l/ adjective
1. looking after something and so likely
to be blamed if something goes wrong 쑗
He is not responsible for the restaurant
next door to his hotel 쑗 Customers are
responsible for all breakages 쑗 He is
responsible for a class of 25 children 왍
responsible to someone under the
au-thority of someone 쑗 She’s directly
re-sponsible to the sales manager 2 (of a
person) reliable and able to be trusted to
be sensible
rest
rest / rest/ noun 1 a period of being quiet
and peaceful, being asleep or doing
nothing 쑗 All you need is a good night’s
rest and you’ll be fine again tomorrow.
쑗 We took a few minutes’ rest and
start-ed running again 쑗 I’m having a
well-earned rest after working hard all week.
2. what is left 쑗 Here are the twins, but
where are the rest of the children? 쑗 I
drank most of the milk and the cat drank
the rest 쑗 Throw the rest of the food
away – it will go bad (NOTE: Rest
takes a singular verb when it refers to
a singular: Here’s the rest of the milk;
Where’s the rest of the string? The rest
of the money has been lost It takes a
plural verb when it refers to a plural:
Here are the rest of the children;
Where are the rest of the chairs? The
rest of the books have been lost.) 쐽
verb 1 to spend time relaxing or not
us-ing energy 쑗 Don’t disturb your father –
he’s resting 쑗 They ran for ten miles,
rested for a few minutes, and then ran
on again 2 to lean something against
something 쑗 She rested her bike against
the wall.
restaurant
restaurant / rest(ə)rɒnt/ noun a place
where you can buy and eat a meal 쑗 I
don’t want to stay at home tonight – let’s
go out to the Italian restaurant in the
High Street 쑗 She’s was waiting for me
at the restaurant.
restful
restful / restf(ə)l/ adjective which
makes you feel calm and relaxed
restless
restless / restləs/ adjective too
nerv-ous, worried or full of energy to keep
still
restore
restore /r
and make it seem new again 쑗 The old house has been restored and is now open to the public.
restrain
restrain /r stren/ verb to prevent or try
to stop someone doing something 쑗 It took six policemen to restrain him 왍 to restrain yourself to keep your temper
under control 쑗 Next time, I won’t re-strain myself: I’ll tell him exactly what I think of him.
restrict
restrict /r strkt/ verb to limit someone
or something 쑗 You are restricted to two bottles per person.
result
result /r zlt/ noun 1 something which
happens because of something else 쑗
What was the result of the police inves-tigation? 왍 as a result (of something)
because of something 쑗 There was a traffic jam and as a result, she missed
her plane 2 the final score in a game,
the final marks in an exam, etc 쑗 She isn’t pleased with her exam results 쑗 I had great fun making the rug but I’m only partly happy with the result 쑗 He listened to the football results on the ra-dio.
retire
retire /r taə/ verb 1 to stop work and
take a pension 쑗 He will retire from his job as manager next April 쑗 She’s
retir-ing this year 2 to make an employee
stop work and take a pension 쑗 They de-cided to retire all staff over 50.
retreat
retreat /r
battle 쑗 Napoleon retreated from Mos-cow in 1812 쐽noun the act of pulling
back an army from a battle 쑗 The ar-my’s retreat was swift and unexpected.
return
return /r
or coming back to a place 쑗 It snowed
on the day of her return from Canada 쑗
I’ll come and see you on my return 2.
the key on a keyboard which you press when you have finished keying some-thing, or when you want to start a new
line 쑗 To change directory, type C: and press return 쐽 verb 1 to come back or
go back 쑗 When she returned from lunch she found two messages waiting for her 쑗 When do you plan to return to
Paris? 2 to give or send something back
쑗 The letter was returned to the sender.
앳 many happy returns of the day
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greetings said to someone on his or her
birthday
reveal
reveal /r
something which was hidden 쑗 He
re-vealed his ignorance about cars 쑗 An
unexpected fault was revealed during
the test 쑗 The X-ray revealed a brain
tumour.
revenge
revenge /r vend"/ noun the act of
pun-ishing someone in return for harm he or
she has caused you 쑗 They attacked the
police station in revenge for the arrest of
three members of the gang 쑗 All the
time he spent in prison, his only thought
was of revenge 쑗 He had his revenge in
the end, when her car broke down and
she had to phone for help.
reverse
reverse /r
the front 쑗 The reverse side of the carpet
is made of foam rubber 쑗 The
condi-tions are printed on the reverse side of
the invoice 왍 in reverse order
back-wards 쑗 They called out the names of
the prize-winners in reverse order 쐽
noun 1 the opposite side 쑗 Didn’t you
read what was on the reverse of the
la-bel? 2 a car gear which makes you go
backwards 쑗 Put the car into reverse
and back very slowly into the garage 쑗
The car’s stuck in reverse! 쐽 verb 1 to
make something do the opposite 쑗 The
page order was reversed by mistake 쑗
Don’t try to reverse the trend, go along
with it 2 to make a car go backwards 쑗
Reverse as far as you can, then go
for-ward 쑗 Be careful not to reverse into
that lamppost.
review
review /r
ments on something, e.g a book, play or
film, published in a newspaper or
maga-zine 쑗 Did you read the review of her
latest film in today’s paper? 쑗 His book
got some very good reviews 2 a
month-ly or weekmonth-ly magazine which contains
articles of general interest 쑗 His first
short story appeared in a Scottish
liter-ary review 3 an examination of several
things together 쑗 The company’s
annu-al review of each department’s
perform-ance 쐽verb 1 to read a book, see a
film, etc., and write comments about it
in a newspaper or magazine 쑗 Her
exhi-bition was reviewed in today’s paper 쑗
Whoever reviewed her latest book,
obvi-ously didn’t like it 2 to examine
some-thing in a general way 쑗 The bank will review our overdraft position at the end
of the month 쑗 Let’s review the situa-tion in the light of the new
develop-ments 3 US to study a lesson again 쑗
You must review your geography before the exam.
revise
revise /r vaz/ verb 1 to study a lesson
again 쑗 There isn’t enough time to re-vise before the exam 쑗 I’m revising for
my history test 2 to change something
or make something correct 쑗 He is re-vising the speech he is due to give this evening 쑗 These figures will have to be revised, there seems to be a mistake.
revision
revision /r v"(ə)n/ noun the action of revising something
revolting
revolting /r vəυltŋ/ adjective ex-tremely unpleasant, often so unpleasant
as to make you feel ill 쑗 a revolting smell
revolution
revolution /revə
olent attempt to get rid of a government
or ruler 쑗 He led an unsuccessful
revo-lution against the last president 2 a
change in the way things are done 쑗 a revolution in data processing
reward
reward /r
someone for work done or as a prize for finding something, or for information
about something 쑗 When she took the purse she had found to the police station she got a £25 reward 쑗 He is not inter-ested in money – the Olympic gold
med-al will be reward enough 쐽 verb to give someone money as a prize for finding
something, or for doing something 쑗 He was rewarded for finding the box of pa-pers 쑗 All her efforts were rewarded when she won first prize.
rhyme
rhyme /ram/ noun the way in which
some words end in the same sound 쑗
Can you think of a rhyme for ‘taught’?
쐽 verb 왍 to rhyme with something to
end with the same sound as another
word 쑗 ‘Mr’ rhymes with ‘sister’
rhythm
rhythm / rð(ə)m/ noun a strong regular
beat in music or poetry 쑗 They stamped their feet to the rhythm of the music.
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