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| There is an iron |
rail |
at the side of the steps. |
| They are |
railing |
ofi half the field. |
| The engine went off the |
rails (E) |
near the station. |
| The field has a |
railing (E) |
to keep in the sheep. |
| The umbrella will keep the |
rain |
oft your hat. |
| It is still |
raining |
hard. |
| Blows were |
rained |
on his head by an unseen hand |
| The railway goes over a |
range |
of mountains. |
| The military were |
ranged |
on all sides of the square. |
| We have a wide |
range (E) |
of goods in our store. |
| Their guns have a longer |
range (E) |
than ours. |
| The dog went after the |
rat |
in the outhouse. |
| The bank's |
rate |
of interest is 3%. |
| D You seem to me to be |
rating |
his value to us very high. |
| You will get an idea of the |
rate (S) |
of the airplane by looking down |
| I saw a thin |
ray |
of light under the door. |
| rom this point roads go |
raying |
out in all directions. |
| The starfish had one |
ray (E) |
longer than the others. |
| The natural |
reaction |
to a loud noise is a jump. |
| When the liquids are mixed, a |
reaction (E) |
takes place between them. |
| In later years she had a |
reaction (E) |
against religion. |
| The forces of |
reaction (E) |
are keeping the Government in. |
| I am not interested in |
reading |
fiction. |
| There was a new news |
reader |
on the radio tonight. |
| He said that he was |
reading |
my book. |
| He is giving the society a |
reading (S) |
from his book. |
| There are six different |
readings (E) |
of that line. |
| We are getting out a new |
reader (E) |
with interesting stories. |
| The room is |
ready |
for the meeting. |
| These apples will not be |
ready (S) |
till October |
| I am quite |
ready (E) |
to do any sort of work. |
| Tin is |
readily (E) |
bent. |
| There is a good |
reason |
for his desire to get away. |
| Let |
reason (E), |
not impulse, be your guide. |
| There is an error in the |
reasoning |
on which the opinion is based. |
| The judge will give a |
reasoned |
opinion. |
| The store gave me a |
receipt |
for the money. |
| This rubber stamp is for |
receipting |
the accounts. |
| We keep a |
record |
of births and deaths. |
| This little book is for |
recording |
the events of every day. |
| These interesting details are not |
recorded |
in the history books. |
| They put on dance |
records (S) |
at all hours of the day. |
| The play has been |
recorded |
to be given on the radio. |
| The boy had a good |
record (E) |
at school. |
| Peter has the swimming |
record (E) |
for the school. |
| There is news of a |
record |
flight from London to Bombay |
| The British flag is |
red, |
white, and blue. |
| The chief roads are marked in |
red |
on the map. |
| She was full of |
regret |
for her foolish words. |
| His death is not |
regretted |
by any of his family. |
| The building is |
regular |
in form. |
| The trees were planted in |
regular |
order round the square. |
| ln the garden were flower-beds |
regularly |
spaced. |
| The boy had never had |
regular (E) |
meals. |
| The family goes to London |
regularly |
for Christmas. |
| The country's |
regular (E) |
army is very small. |
| What is the |
relation |
between a thing and its name? |
| In some words the sense has a |
relation |
to the sounds. |
| She has gone to see a |
relation (E) |
in India. |
| Christianity is the chief |
religion |
of the West. |
| This writer is a good |
representative |
of the new school of fiction. |
| The company put on view a |
representative |
selection of their goods. |
| The committee has sent a |
representative (E) |
to the meeting. |
| His mother made a |
request |
for more money. |
| She sent me a note |
requesting |
me to go to see her. |
| Your company is |
requested |
at a dance at Brown's Hotel. |
| The ruler has the |
respect |
and love of his nation. |
| The manager is much |
respected |
in the town. |
| My father sends his |
respects (E) |
to your father. |
| Bad housing is |
responsible |
for much disease. |
| The farmer made his son |
responsible (E) |
for the care of the animals. |
| She is a very |
responsible (E) |
woman to oversee the work. |
| Her older sister has a |
responsible (E) |
position in the hospital. |
| My friend is taking a |
rest |
after his journey. |
| Is your mother |
resting |
now ? |
| The driver was |
resting |
his horse at the top of the slope. |
| We were all feeling |
rested |
after a good sleep. |
| John took the |
rest (E) |
of the cake. |
| The table was simply a board |
resting (E) |
on two boxes. |
| The man was |
resting |
his head in his hands. |
| His present position is the |
reward |
of hard work. |
| The sailors were at last |
rewarded |
by seeing land. |
| My son was given a |
reward (S) |
for stopping the runaway horse. |
| The music has the right |
rhythm |
for dancing. |
| In the East |
rice |
is the chief food. |
| Most persons do more with the |
right |
hand than with the left. |
| In France they keep to the |
right |
on the roads. |
| Their automobile went |
right |
at the fork in the road. |
| The boy gave the |
right (E) |
answer to all my questions. |
| You were |
right, |
the play was bad. |
| He did the trick |
right |
at his first attempt. |
| It is not |
right (E) |
to be unkind to animals. |
| There is no clear line between |
right |
and wrong. |
| The man was |
rightly |
sent to prison for his crime. |
| Every square has four |
right (E) |
angles. |
| In Britain there is a good |
relation |
between the police and the |
| The son of the dead man has a |
right (E) |
to a part of his money. |
| A government of the |
Right (E) |
is in power. |
| There is a |
ring |
round the moon tonight. |
| The town is |
ringed |
round by armies. |
| He put the |
ring (S) |
on her finger. |
| Companies outside the |
ring (E) |
are unable to get materials. |
| He took a boat up the |
river |
for the day. |
| They are making a |
road |
across the mountains. |
| The curtain |
rod |
has come down. |
| He had a |
roll |
of paper under his arm. |
| The storekeeper was |
rolling |
up the cloth again. |
| The boys had a |
roll (E) |
down the slope. |
| Don’t keep |
rolling |
the pencil across the table. |
| The ball went |
rolling |
across the road. |
| The linen is put between heated |
rollers (S) |
when it is ahnost dry. |
| The gardener gives the grass a |
roll (E) |
after cutting it. |
| My father goes out |
rolling |
the grass every day. |
| I generally have a |
roll (E) |
and coffee before I get up. |
| The horse is having a |
roll (E) |
on the grass. |
| The little ship was |
rolling |
violently. |
| The workmen are putting the |
roof |
on the house. |
| They are still |
roofing |
the new theatre. |
| In some places houses are |
roofed |
with dry grass. |
| A room with a low |
roof (E) |
gets warm in summer. |
| Put your tongue against the |
roof (E) |
of your mouth to make an ‘l’. |
| I have a small |
room |
at the top of the house. |
| There is not enough |
room (E) |
for my boxes. |
| This plant has a long |
root |
which is used for food. |
| Till the plants are well |
rooted |
give them water every day |
| His talk never got to the |
root (E) |
of the question. |
| His fears are |
rooted |
in his experiences as a boy. |
| His hands are |
rough |
with hard work. |
| He gave me a |
rough (E) |
idea of the book. |
| This point on the map is |
roughly |
where we are now. |
| I was surprised at his |
rough (E) |
behaviour. |
| The girl was pushed |
roughly |
into an automobile. |
| There was a |
round |
looking-glass on the wall. |
| A ball is |
round |
in form. |
| The hands of the clock go |
round (E) |
slowly. |
| She was turning |
round |
to see who was coming in. |
| I put a strong cord |
round |
the box. |
| Drinks were handed |
round (E) |
by the servants. |
| I will give your chest a |
rub |
when you are in bed. |
| The boy got out of bed, |
rubbing |
his eyes. |
| There is a |
rubber |
on the end of my pencil. |
| Fishermen have boots made of |
rubber (E) |
for going in the water. |
| The table was |
rubbed (S) |
where the books had been. |
| My father made it a |
rule |
to get up early. |
| Here is a |
rule (E) |
for measuring the floor. |
| Why is that boy |
ruling |
lines on the page? |
| England became great under the |
rule (E) |
of Elizabeth. |
| What King was |
ruling |
Spain in 1800? |
| The first |
ruler |
of England was named William |
| We took our dog for a |
run |
in the country. |