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re build something (= build it again ) re do something re pay someone a re payment

reach 1Ф / ritf /

(reach es , reach . ing,reached )

to arrive somewhere

It was dark when we reached the campsite. Have you reached the end of the book yet?

to put out your hand to do or get something I reached for my phone.

to be able to touch something

Can you get that book from the top shelf? I can't reach it.

to be able to contact someone by telephone You can reach me on my cell phone after 5p.m.

reach 2 / ritj / noun beyond reach ; out of reach

too far away to touch

Keep this medication out of the reach of children. within reach

near enough to touch or go to

Make sure you have your phone within reach.

re • act AWL| / ri ' rekt / verb ( re acts , re act ing , re . act . ed )

to say or do something because something has happened How did Paul react to the news?

re • ac • tion ФAWL / ri ' rekjn / noun [ count ]

what you say or do because of something that has happened What was her reaction when you told her about the accident?

What was his reaction to the news?

read Ф / rid / verb ( reads , read ing , read / red / has read )

to look at words and understand them Have you read this book? It's really interesting.

to say words that you can see I read a story to the class.

read something out to read something to other people The teacher read out the list of names. ► read • ing / ' ridig / noun [ noncount ] My interests are reading and baseball.

read • er / ' ridar / noun [ count ]

a person who reads something

a book for reading at school

read • i • ly / ' redl-i / adverb

quickly and easily

Most vegetables are readily available at this time of year.

read .уф / redi/ adjective

prepared and able to do something I'll be ready to leave in five minutes. It's time to get ready for school.

finished, so that you can use it Dinner will be ready soon.

happy to do something He's always ready to help.

—SYNONYM willing

read • y-made / | redi meid / adjective

already prepared and ready to use ready-made meals

real О / ril/ adjective

existing, not just imagined

The movie is about events that happened in real life .

actually true, not only what people think is true The name he gave to the police wasn't his real name.

natural; not false or a copy This ring is real gold.

big or complete

I have a real problem.

real es • tate / ' ril I|steit / noun [ noncount ]

( BUSINESS ) land and buildings

Real estate prices fell again this month.

a valuable piece of real estate

real es • tate a • gent / ' rii i|steit ^ant /

( also Re .al • tor™ / ' riltar / ) noun [ count ]

a person whose job is to sell buildings and land for other

people

re • al • is • tic / |ria ' listik / adjective

sensible and accepting what is possible in a particular situation

We have to be realistic about our chances of winning.

showing things as they really are a realistic painting

re .al . i . ty ф / ri'aeloti / noun [ noncount ]

the way that something really is, not how you would like it to be

I enjoyed my vacation, but now it's back to reality.

She looked very confident, but in reality she was extremely

nervous.

re .al . ize Ф / 'rblaiz/ verb

( re • al • iz • es , re • al • iz • ing , re • al ized )

to understand or know something

When I got home, I realized that I had lost my key.