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[regular guy] or [regular fellow]  {n.},  {informal}

A friendly person who is easy to get along with; a good sport.

You'll like Tom. He's a regular guy.

Syn.: [GOOD EGG].

[rein]

See:

[FREE REIN],

[GIVE REIN TO] or [GIVE FREE REIN TO].

[relation]

See: [IN RELATION TO] or [WITH RELATION TO].

[relative to]

1. On the subject of; about.

Relative to school athletics, the principal said the students should not allow athletics to interfere with homework.

2. In comparison with; in proportion to.

* /Relative to the size of an ant, a blade  […]

[repeat oneself]  {v. phr.}

To say the same thing over again, often in the same words; repeat ideas because you forget what you said or because you want to stress their importance.

* /Grandfather is forgetful and often repeats himself when he tells a  […]

[resign oneself]  {v. phr.}

To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed.

When Jane's father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one.

Compare: [GIVE UP].

[resistance]

See: [LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE].

[rest]

See:

[LAY TO REST],

[PARADE REST].

[rest assured]  {v. phr.}

To be convinced; persuaded; certain and unworried.

[rest home]

See: [CONVALESCENT HOME].