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269 rìde si sapis
réspice fìnem [L], look to (or consider) the end.
respondeat superior [L], let the superior answer; let the principal
answer for the acts of his agent: law.
respublica [L], commonwealth; state; republic.
restaurateur [Fr], restaurant owner.
résumé [Fr], summary; abstract.
resurgam [L], I shall rise again.
rete [L; pi retia], lit., net; vascular network; plexus: anat.
retenue [Fr], reserve; discretion; self-control.
retroussé [Fr], turned up: said esp. of the nose.
revanche [Fr], revenge; retaliation; also, return match; second game.
—en revanche, by way of retaliation; in requital; in return.
réveillon [Fr], midnight repast or revel, esp. on Christmas eve.
revenons à nos moutons [Fr], let us return to our sheep; let us return
to our subject.
re vera or revera [L], in truth; in fact.
rêveur [Fr; fern, rêveuse], dreamer; daydreamer.
rêveusement [Fr], dreamingly; pensively.
revocate ánimos [L], recover your courage: Virgil.
revolutsya [Russ; pi. revolutsiee], revolution.
revolutsyaner [Russ; pi. revolutsyaneree], revolutionary.
revue [Fr], review; inspection; survey.
rex bibendi [L], king of the revels.
rex non potest peccare [L], the king can do no wrong.
rex nunquam moritur [L], the king never dies.
rex regnat sed non gubernat [L], the king reigns but does not govern.
rey nuevo, ley nueva [Sp], new king, new law.
rez-de-chaussée [Fr], ground floor,
ροδοδάκτυλος ήώς [Gr; rhododáktulos eös], rosy-fingered morn (or
dawn): Homer.
rhythmus [Gr ρυθμός, rhuthmós], measured motion; rhythm.
riant [Fr; fern, riante], laughing; cheerful; pleasing.
ribák ribaká vidyet izdaleká [Russ], a fisherman sees another fisherman
from afar; birds of a feather.
ribyonik [Russ], child.
ric-à-ric [Fr], in driblets.
rieht euch! [Ger], dress (ranks)!: mil.
rideau [Fr; pi. rideaux], curtain; screen; mil., a height commanding a
fortified position; also, a protective ridge around a camp.
ride bene chi ride l'ultimo [It], he laughs well (or best) who laughs
last.
ridentem dicere verum quid vetat? [L], what hinders one from speaking
the truth, even while laughing?: Horace.
ridere in stomacho [L], to laugh inwardly; laugh up one's sleeve.
ride si sapis [L], laugh, if you are wise: Martial.