rara avis
1> _. " ", ,  ;
  
2> _.  ; , 

rare
1> , ; , 
_Ex:
rare atmosphere  
_Ex:
rare mixture _.  () 
_Ex:
a few rare trees here and there   
  
2>  , ; 
_Ex:
rare postage stamps   
_Ex:
rare object , 
_Ex:
a rare occurence  ;  
_Ex:
it is rare (a rare thing) for him to do that   

3> _. , , 
_Ex:
rare courage  () 
_Ex:
rare scholar   ,  
_Ex:
a person of rare charm ,  
;    
_Ex:
to have a rare time    ( ) 

_Ex:
she is a rare beauty    () 
_Ex:
you gave me a rare fright    
_Ex:
he is a rare one to do the job    
  ;  
4> _-. ,  
_Ex:
a rare fine view    
5> ;  (.  )
_Ex:
rare roast beef   

rare earths
1> _.  

rare gas
1> _.  

rare-earth elements
1> _.  

rarebit
1>    (. Welsh rarebit)

raree show
1> _.   ( );  ( 
 )
2> _.  ; _.  ( )

rarefaction
1> _. ; ; 
2> _.   

rarefactive
1> _. ; ;   

rarefied
1> , 
_Ex:
rarefied realm of poetry    
2> _. ,    
_Ex:
promoted to rarefied rank    
3> _. 
_Ex:
rarefied state  
_Ex:
rarefied air  

rarefy
1> , ;  , 
2> _. ; ;  
3> ; ;   

rarely
1> , , 
_Ex:
I see him very rarely     
2> _-. ,  ; 
_Ex:
rarely honest  ( ) 
_Ex:
we dined rarely   () 

rareripe
1> _. ,   
2> _. _pl.  ;  
3>  ( , )

raring
1> _.  , ,   . .
_Ex:
they are raring to go    ,    

rarity
1> ;  
_Ex:
an object of great rarity ,  
 ; , 
_Ex:
here a fine day is a rarity    -  
( )
_Ex:
museum full of rarities ,   (
)
2> _. 

rascal
1> 
2> , 
_Ex:
the little rascals!  !
_Ex:
you lucky rascal!     !
_Ex:
that young rascal is a nephew of mine    -
 

rascality
1> ; ; , 
2> ,  
3> _. _. , 

rascally
1> ; ; , , 
_Ex:
rascally frick  
_Ex:
rascally fellow ,  
2>  , ; , , 

rase
1> _.   ; 
_Ex:
to rase to the ground    ;   
(   . .)
_Ex:
a city rased by an earthquake ,  

2> _. ,   ; 
3> _. , ; 
_Ex:
to rase out a word    ; 
 ( )
_Ex:
to rase from the mind   
_Ex:
to rase from memory   
_Ex:
to rase smb.'s name from rememberance  -. 

4> _.    (   . .); 
; , 
5> _. , ; 

raser
1> _. ,  ( ) 

rash
1> () ; ; ,
; 
_Ex:
rash judgement  
_Ex:
rash statement  () 
_Ex:
a rash young man  
_Ex:
rash words  ( ) 
_Ex:
rash promise   
_Ex:
rash act  ;  
_Ex:
it would be rash to assert that...   
( ) , ...
2> _. , 
_Ex:
nettle rash 
3> -.     
_Ex:
a rash of new brick cottages  , 
 
4>  ,   
5> 

rasher
1>      ( )
2>     (  )

rashly
1> () , , ; ,
 ; 

rasorial
1> _.  ( ); ;  
 

rasp
1> 
2> _. ,, 
3> 
4> ;  
5> ,  
6> , 
7> ; ; 
8>  ( )
9>  ()
10> ,  (. rasp off, rasp away)
11> ,  ,  
12>   
13> 
_Ex:
a learner rasping (away) on (at) his violin ,
()   
14>  (-.);   (. rasp out)
_Ex:
to rasp out an insult  
_Ex:
to rasp out orders   
15>  ; 
_Ex:
to rasp the nerves   
_Ex:
to rasp smb.'s feelings  -. 
_Ex:
wine that rasps the throat ,   
16> _.  raspberry _.  (Rubus idaeus)

raspatory
1>  ( )

raspberry
1> _.  (Rubus idaeus)
_Ex:
raspberry bush  
_Ex:
raspberry field 
2> _.  ,   (
,   . .)
_Ex:
to blow (to give, to hand) smb. a raspberry 
-.   ;   -.
_Ex:
to get the raspberry   ;  
 ;  , 
3>  . . : !, !

rasper
1>  
2> _.  
3> _. -.   , 
4> ,  , ""

rasping
1> , ,  ( )
2>  ( )

raspy
1>  ( ); , 
2>  ( )
3> 

rassle
1> _. _. , 
2> _. _.  
3> _. _.   (   . .)
_Ex:
a rassle for life or death    ,   
4> _. _. 

raster
1> _. 
_Ex:
raster graphics  
_Ex:
raster plotter  

rasure
1> _. ; ; 
2> _. 

rat
1> _.  (Rattus)
_Ex:
rat destruction (extermination) , 

_Ex:
rat week    ;   
_Ex:
to clear a place of rats  
_Ex:
rats desert (forsake, leave) a sinking ship   
 
2> _.  (     );
; ; 
3> 
4> , ; 
5> _.       
_Id:
to smell a rat  ;  -.
_Id:
like (as wet as) a rat drowned   
_Id:
like a rat in a hole    ;   ,
 
_Id:
to die like a rat in a hole   
_Id:
to be caught like a rat in a trap   
_Id:
to have rats in the attic     ;   ;
  
_Id:
to have (got) the rats    ;  
 ;   
6>   (. )
_Ex:
to go ratting     
7> _.  (  . .)   
;  , , 
8> (on) ,  (-.),  ( -.)
9>  
10> (on) , 
_Ex:
to rat on one's debts   
11> _.   ; 
12> _.     

rat cheese
1> _. _.  , . 

rat race
1> _.  ,  
2> _.    , ; 

3> _. , , 
4> _. _. 
5> _. _.  
6> _. _.     
7> _. _.    

rat's ass
1> _. _.   
_Ex:
I don't give a rat's ass  

rat's-tail
1>   ( ,   . .)
2> _.   (. rat's-tail file)

rat-firm
1> _. ,     

rat-poison
1>  ;   

rat-tail
1>   ( ,   . .)
2> _.   (. rat-tail file)
3> _.  (Macrourus)

rat-tat(-tat)
1>   (.  ); -

rat-trap
1> 
2> , ;  
3> _. , 
4> _. _.  

ratable
1> _.   , 
_Ex:
ratable ton  
2> _. ; 
_Ex:
ratable value  ;  
3> , ; 
_Ex:
ratable distribution  

ratably
1> , 

ratafee
1>  ;    (,
, )
2>  

ratafia
1>  ;    (,
, )
2>  

ratal
1> _.  

rataplan
1>  ;  
2> , , 
3>  . . :   ;  


ratbag
1> _. , 
2> _. _. ; 
_Ex:
she's an old ratbag   

ratbite disease
1> _. ,    

ratbite fever
1> _. ,    

ratcatcher
1> ; ,  

ratch
1> _. , 
_Ex:
ratch spanner   
2> _. 
3> _.  , 

ratchet
1> _. , 
_Ex:
ratchet spanner   
2> _. 

ratchet effect
1>    (. .);
   . .

ratchet jaw
1> _. _. , ; 


ratchet-and-pawl
1> _.  ,   

ratchet-wheel
1> _.  , 

rate
1> ; 
_Ex:
birth rate 
_Ex:
crime rate  (, ) 
_Ex:
per cent rate  
_Ex:
rate of profit (of return) _. _.  
_Ex:
rate of surplus value _. _.   
_Ex:
rate of production  ; 
_Ex:
rate of seeding _-.  
_Ex:
the rate of speed per minute   
_Ex:
the marriage rate per mille    
() 
_Ex:
to go at the rate of six miles an hour   6 
 ;    6   
2> , ; ; 
_Ex:
the R. _.    
_Ex:
rate of discount _.  ,  ;
 
_Ex:
rate of duty   
_Ex:
the rates of wages per week    
_Ex:
the rate of interest  () 
3> _. 
_Ex:
the rate of exchange  ;  ;
 
_Ex:
dollar rate  
4> ; 
_Ex:
to buy at a high rate    
_Ex:
you can have them at the rate of $1 a dozen  
     
_Ex:
at an easy rate   , ; ,  ,
 
_Ex:
to win success at an easy rate    
_Ex:
to value smth. at a low rate   -.; 
   -.
5> _pl. _-.  
_Ex:
rate scale (card)   (
   )
6> , 
_Ex:
rate constant _.   
_Ex:
rate of growth  
_Ex:
rate of advance _.  
_Ex:
rate of climb _. 
_Ex:
rate of descent _.  
_Ex:
rate of fire _.  ;  ;  
_Ex:
rate of sailing _.   ()
_Ex:
rate of ionization _.  
_Ex:
at a great rate   
_Ex:
to drive at a dangerous rate    
 
_Ex:
unemployment increases at a fearful rate  
 
_Ex:
he read at a moderate rate   
7> , ; ; ; 
_Ex:
rate of chickens _-.   (   )
_Ex:
rate of reproduction, reproduction rate _. 

_Ex:
rate of return _. ,  
8> , 
_Ex:
of the first rate ; 
_Ex:
this fruit is very second rate    
9> , 
10> , ,  ;  
  ( )
_Ex:
rates and taxes ()   () ;
   
_Ex:
harbour rates  
_Ex:
to raise a rate of $1     
11> _. ,  ( )
12>  ; , 
_Ex:
rate of living ()  
_Ex:
to live at a high rate    
_Ex:
if you go on at that rate you will injure your health 
     ,    
_Ex:
at this rate  ; ;    
_Ex:
at that rate   ;   ,  ,  
,  
_Ex:
at that rate we shan't get any dinner today   
,     
_Ex:
he ought to be dismissed at that rate    
 
13> _. ; 
_Ex:
emission rate _.  
_Ex:
exposure rate _.  
_Ex:
rate of work  , 
_Ex:
rate of gain _-.   ()
14> _. 
_Ex:
pulse rate _.  ; _.  ()

15> _. 
16> _.  ( ); _.  ()
17> _.      

18> ( ) ;  ;    
_Ex:
rate of a chronometer  
19> _.  (  . .)
_Id:
at any rate   ;   
_Id:
not at any rate _.    ;   
_Id:
he has improved somewhat, in manners at any rate  
 ,     
_Id:
at any rate I will do nothing without further instructions 
         
_Id:
at all rates   ( ) ;     ;
_.  ;  
_Id:
to come upon the rates _.   
 ( );    
20> ( at) ,  ; 
_Ex:
to rate a coin above its real value   
  
_Ex:
what do you rate his fortune at?     
 ?
_Ex:
output was rated at about 5,000 bales per wotking day 
 ,    
5000    
21> , , 
_Ex:
to rate smb., smth. high   -., -.
_Ex:
to rate one's profession above another in usefulness 
   
_Ex:
to rate fame as its true value    
_Ex:
I do not rate his merits high     

_Ex:
he doesn't rate himself an ordinary clerk    
 
22> _. , 
23> ( as) , ; 
_Ex:
he is rated as a distinguished scientist  
 
_Ex:
he is rated the best in his field   
   
_Ex:
I rate him among my friends       ;
    
24> ( as) , 
_Ex:
to rate as a national resource   
 
_Ex:
he rates as one of the best runners over the distance 
       
25>   
_Ex:
they were heavily rated     
26>       
 
_Ex:
the shop was rated at $500 a year   
        
_Ex:
to rate up _.    ( 
 )
27> _.  ,  ();  
_Ex:
to rate a student first  -.  
 ()
28> _. 
_Ex:
he rates the best    
29> _. ()  -.;  
 -.
_Ex:
she rates special privileges   
;    
30> _.   
_Ex:
she really rates with her boss     
(  )
31> . _.   (, );
 ; 
32> . _.  -. ,   . .
_Ex:
a ship rates as first     
33> . _.  ,  ()
_Ex:
he was rated as a midshipman     
_Ex:
to rate up   ,   . .
34> . _.  ,  ( )
35> ,  ()
_Ex:
to rate a chronometer     

36>  ; , ,  (-.)
_Ex:
to rate smb. for doing smth.  -.  -.
_Ex:
to rate smb. soundly  -. 
_Ex:
to rate at smb.   -.

rate-meter
1> _. ,   ()

rateable
1> _.   , 
_Ex:
rateable ton  
2> _. ; 
_Ex:
rateable value  ;  
3> , ; 
_Ex:
rateable distribution  

rateably
1> , 

rated
1> _. ; ; ; 
_Ex:
rated capacity    ; 
, , ;  

_Ex:
rated input _.   
_Ex:
rated height _.  
2>  ;   -. 
3> _. ; 

ratel
1> _.  (Mellivora)

ratepayer
1>   (.   )

rater
1> ; 
2> ; ;  

ratface
1> _. _. ,  

ratfink
1> _. ; ; 

rath
1> _. _. 

rathe
1> 
2> 
3> , 

rathe-ripe
1>  ( , )
2> _.    

rathe-ripes
1>  ;  

rather
1> (. rather than) , , ,

_Ex:
anything rather than...  ,   ...
_Ex:
I had rather, I would rather, I'd rather   ...;
  ...;   ...
_Ex:
I had rather start at once     
_Ex:
I would rather go   ,   
_Ex:
I'd rather people didn't know about it   ,  
  
_Ex:
I'd you came tomorrow    ,   
 
_Ex:
he resigned rather than stifle his conscience  
  ,    
_Ex:
they determined to die rather than surrender  
,   
_Ex:
would you rather take tea or coffee?   ,
  ?
_Ex:
I had rather not, I would rather not, I'd rather not
_.   ; , ; ,  
(     . .)
2> (. rather than) , ; 
_Ex:
it is rather good that bad    (),
  ()
_Ex:
derived rather from imagination than reason   
,   
_Ex:
the colour seems green rather than blue   
,  
_Ex:
he relies on mere abuse rather than on argument  
 ,  
_Ex:
I, rather than you, should take the risk ()  
   ,   ()  
3>   , , ; ; 
_Ex:
rather dull  
_Ex:
rather more  
_Ex:
rather more detailed   
_Ex:
rather a lot ,   ()
_Ex:
I rather like him  ,  (), 
_Ex:
he felt rather tired   ,  
 
_Ex:
the performance was rather a failure   

_Ex:
I rather think you know him  ,   
_Ex:
she is rather good-looking   
_Ex:
our company numbered rather over forty    
- 
_Ex:
they rather expected to win ,   ,
  
_Ex:
I am rather inclined to agree with you , , 
  
_Ex:
do I look ill? - Well, you do rather _.   ? -
,  (, )
4> ;  
_Ex:
rather, we have won ,  
5>  , 
_Ex:
to elect a chairman for a year rather than a term 
  ,    
_Ex:
this is not the result, rather it is the cause  
,    
6> , ;   
_Ex:
we came home late last night or, rather, early this morning 
    ,   , 
 
_Ex:
the building is a great success, or rather a triumph,
for the designer   -  ,  ,
 
7>  . .   !;  !; !,
!
_Ex:
have you been here before? - R.!    ? -
 !
_Ex:
would you like to come? - R.!   ? - 
(,   )!
_Ex:
R.! !,  !, !
_Id:
the rather  , ...,  

ratherish
1> _. ,   ,   

rathouse
1> _. _.  
_Ex:
he landed in a rathouse    

rathskeller
1> _.    ; "" ( )

raticide
1>   ;  

ratification
1> _. ; , 
_Ex:
conditional ratification  
_Ex:
to be subject to ratification  

ratifier
1>  ;  

ratify
1> _. , ; ; 
(, )

ratihabition
1> _. , 

ratine
1> _. 
2> _. 

rating
1> ;  
_Ex:
credit rating  
_Ex:
financial rating   
_Ex:
rating of merit  
2>   , , 
3>  
4>  () 
5> _. ,  ()
6> ; , ; 
_Ex:
priority rating  
7> _. ; 
8>  ;   
9> _. , 
10> _. 
11> _.      

12> _. -;   
 
13> _.    
_Ex:
ratings clothing    

14> ; 
15> _. ,  ; 
16> _. ;  
17> _.  
_Ex:
rating plate   
18> _.  
19>  
20>   (  
,    -. ,
   ); ,  
21> _.  (    )
22> , 
_Ex:
to give smb. a rating  -. 

ratio
1> , ; ; 
_Ex:
net profit ratio _.  
_Ex:
ratio of exchange _.  
_Ex:
in direct ratio _.  
_Ex:
in the ratio of one to six     
_Ex:
the population contains a very high ratio of young people
     
2> _.  
3> _.  ,  
4>  , , 
5> _.      


ratiocinate
1> _. ;  , 
2> _.    (-.);
   (-.)

ratiocination
1> _.  
2> _. 

ratiometer
1> _. 

ration
1> , ; 
_Ex:
iron (emergency) ration  
_Ex:
hard scale ration _.  
_Ex:
ration of floor space  ;  
_Ex:
to be off the ration   ;  
 
_Ex:
to put on rations   
2> _.  
_Ex:
ration certificate  
_Ex:
ration articles  
_Ex:
ration convoy   
_Ex:
ration destroyer 
3>  (.  ,   . .)
_Ex:
to be on short rations   
4>  
_Ex:
to ration (out) bread   (, )
5> _.  ;   
6>  
_Ex:
the army is well rationed   
7> ;   
_Ex:
to ration smb.'s food  -.  
_Ex:
bread was rationed    

ration-book
1>    ;  
  

ration-card
1>    

rational
1> 
2> (the rational) _. 
3> _.  ;  
_Ex:
the rational of the decision in the case , 
   ()    
4> _.  ;  , 
(-.)
_Ex:
the rational of the law  
5> _. , ; ,  
 (-.)
6> , ;  
_Ex:
rational beings  () ; 
_Ex:
man is a rational creature   
7> 
_Ex:
the patient is completely rational   
 
8> ; ; ; 
_Ex:
rational argument  
_Ex:
rational method  
_Ex:
rational conduct (behaviour)  
_Ex:
rational explanation  
_Ex:
rational mind  
9> _. 
_Ex:
rational theology  
10> ,   ; 
_Ex:
rational faculty  
_Ex:
rational powers  
11> _. , 
_Ex:
rational boating costume  ()  

_Ex:
rational footwear  
12> _. 
_Ex:
rational function _.  

rational horizon
1> _.  

rationale
1> _.  ;  
_Ex:
the rationale of the decision in the case , 
   ()    
2> _.  ;  , 
(-.)
_Ex:
the rationale of the law  
3> _. , ; ,  
 (-.)

rationalism
1> _. 

rationalist
1> _. 
2> 

rationalistic
1> 

rationalistical
1> 

rationality
1> ,  (,   . .)
2>  ;  
3> 
4> _. 

rationalization
1>  ;  ;
 
2> _. ,    
  (    )
3> 
4> _.   ; ,
   

