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read someone’s mànd

half an hour. My neighbor rapped with reychŁfirstŁbaseŁ(withŁ someone ortsomething)
me on my back porch all night. Go to get to first base (with someone or
something).
ryrin’Łto gł to be extremelyŁeagrŁto act or
do something. (Infàrmal.) Jane can’t reachŁ forŁ theŁ sky 1. to aspire to some-
wait to start her job. She’s rarin’ to go. thing;Łto set one’sŁgoalsŁhigh.Ł It’s a good
Mary is rarin’ to go and can’t wait for her idea to set high goals, but there is no point
university term to start. in reaching for the sky. Go ahead, you
can do it! Reach for the sky! 2. <aŁcom-
ratŁon someone to repàrt sàmeone’s bad be-
havior; to tattle onŁsomeone.Ł(Slang.) mand to put one’sŁhandsŁup, asŁinŁaŁràb-
John ratted on me, and I got n Łrouble. bry.>b(Slang.) Reach for the sky! This
If he rats on me, I’ll hit him! is a stickup! The sheriff told the bank
robbers to reach for the sky.
ratŁryce aŁfierce sðruggle forŁsuccess,Łespe-
ciallyŁinŁone’sŁcareerŁorŁbusiness.Ł Bob reach one’ strØde and hitŁ one’ strØde to
got tired of the rat race. He’s retired and do somethingŁat one’sŁbest levelŁof abil-
gone to the country. The money mar- iðy. When I reach my stride, things will
kłt is a rat race, and many people who go faster, and I’ll be more efficient. Now
work in it die of the stress. that I’ve hit my stride, I can work more
efficiently.
rateŁwithŁ someone to be inŁsàmeone’sŁfavor;
to be thought of highlyŁbyŁsomeone.Ł readŁ between theŁ lineð to infrŁsome-
Ann is great. She really rates with me. thingŁ(fràmŁsomething).Ł(UsuallyŁfigu-
She doesn’t rate with me at all. rative.ŁDoesŁnot necessarilyŁreferŁto writ-
tenŁ or printedŁ infàrmation.) After
rattleŁ something off and reelŁ something off listening to what she said, if you read be-
to recite somethingŁ quicklyŁ andŁ accu- twłen the lnes, you can błgin to see what
rately. She can really reel them off. T she really means. Don’t believe every-
Listen to Mary rattle off those numbers.
thing you hear. Learn to read błtwłen the
ravishedŁwithŁdelØght made very happyŁor lnes.
delighted;Łovercome with happinessŁor
delight.Ł(MenŁare lessŁlikelyŁto be raØished readŁ one one’ rights to make the required
with delàght .) Mary was ravished with sðatement of legalŁrightsŁto aŁpersànŁwho
delight by the dozen roses. My parents hasŁbeenŁarresðed.Ł All right, read this
were ravished with delight when I gradu- guy his rights and book him on a charge
ated from college. of theft. You have to read them their
rights błfore putting them in jail.
reychŁ a compromise to achieve a com-
promise; to make a compràmise. Af- readŁ someone likeŁa(n open)Łbłok to un-
ter many hours of discussion, we finally dersðandŁsomeone very well.Ł I’ve got
reached a compromise. We were unable John figured out. I can read him like a
to reach a compromise and quit trying. book. Of course I undłrstand you. I read
you like an open book.
reach an agreement to achieve anŁagree-
ment; to make anŁ agreement.Ł We readŁ someone outŁ ofŁ something to expel
reached an agreement and signed a con- sàmeone from anŁorganization,Łsuch as
tract. We could not reach an agreement, aŁpàliticalŁparty.Ł Because of her state-
so we stopped negoŁiating. młnt, they read her out of the party.
The officers tried to read me out of the so-
reychŁan impasse to progressŁto the pàint ciety, but they didà’t succłed.
that aŁbarrierŁsðopsŁfurtherŁprogress.Ł
When negoŁiations with managłmłnt readŁ someone’ mind to guessŁwhat some-
reached an impasse, the union włnt oà one isŁ thinking, asŁ if one hadŁ special
strike. The discussion reached an im- pàwersŁto sense sàmeone else’sŁthoughts.
passe and no one was able to propose a You’ll have to tell me what you want. I
compromise. can’t read your mnd, you know. If I

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