English to Slang letter R
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Rain |
Raining Cats and Dogs
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'Man I'm proper soaked, it's bloody raining cats n dogs out there mate"' |
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Raining heavily |
Pissing Down
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'Get your umbrella, it's pissing down out there' |
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Real, genuine |
Real McCoy (the)
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'That's not a fake Rolex, it's the real mccoy!' |
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Relative |
Rellie
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Relax, chill out |
Chillax
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'The Prime Minister was Chillaxing at Chequers this weekend.' |
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Religious (especially evangelically religious) person |
God-Botherer
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Remember; a mild warning; |
Think on
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Roast potato or roast dinner |
Roasty
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Rock'n'roll fan, supposedly having greasy hair or clothes |
Grebo
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Rolling tobacco |
Snout
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Rubbish, garbage |
Trammel
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Rubbish, nonsense. |
Tosh
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'Stop talking tosh!' |
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