Robert the Bruce
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
roll in the hay
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ slang for sexual intercourse
Richard the Lionheart
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199)
Richard the Lion-Hearted
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199)
respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli
Republic of the Sudan
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956
Republic of the Philippines
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
read between the lines
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ read what is implied but not expressed on the surface
raise the roof
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ get very angry; "He will raise the roof when he hears this"
ride the bench
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ be out of the game; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game"
roll in the hay
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
round-the-clock
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ at all times; "around-the-clock nursing care"
round the bend
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"