istance, _f._ resistance.
resister, _v._ to resist, withstand.
resolu, _see_ resoudre.
resolument, _adv._ resolutely.
resolution, _f._ resolution.
resonner, _v._ to resound.
resoudre, _v._ to resolve, solve; resolu, -e, resolved,
resolute.
respect, _m._ respect (now usually pronounced _respek_).
respectable, _adj._ respectable, venerable.
respecter, _v._ to respect.
respectueux, -euse, _adj._ respectful.
respirer, _v._ to breathe, inhale.
resplendir, _v._ to be resplendent; resplendissant, -e,
resplendent.
responsable, _adj._ responsible.
ressaisir, _v._ to seize or take hold of again (in this word and in
all the words to and including ressouvenir _re_ is pronounced as in
retenir).
ressasser, _v._ to resift, reexamine.
ressemblance, _f._ resemblance.
ressembler, _v._ to resemble.
ressentir, _v._ to feel again, feel, experience.
ressort, _m._ spring.
ressortir, _v._ to go or corne out again, stand out (in contrast).
ressource, _f._ resource.
ressouvenir (se), _v._ to remember again.
restaurant, _m._ restaurant.
restaurer, _v._ to restore.
reste, _m._ rest, remains, trace; du (de) --, au --, for the
rest, besides; ils ne sont pas beaux de reste, they are not any too
good.
rester, _v._ to remain, stay, stand; -- la, remain there or
unchanged.
resultat, _m._ result.
retablir, _v._ to reestablish; le silence s'etait retabli, it
had become silent again.
retaper, _v._ to make over or up.
retard, _m._ delay; en --, late.
retenir, _v._ to retain, hold back, hold, keep, restrain.
retentir, _v._ to resound, ring out.
Rethel, town in northeastern France (department of Ardennes); it
was captured in 1650 under Louis XIV, also by the duke de Guise in 1611
(minority of Louis XIII, not under Henri IV as stated by de Maupassant).
retirer, _v._ to retire, draw back, take off or from, get, draw
out; se --, retire, withdraw.
retomber, _v._ to fall again, fall back, relapse.
retour, _m._ return.
retourner, _v._ to go back, return, turn around, turn over again or
inside out, turn over, turn; se --, turn around or over; s'en
--, return, go back; voir de quoi il retourne, to see how the
land lies, get at the truth.
retracer, _v._ to retrace, sketch, lay out.
retraite, _f._ retreat, retirement, tattoo; battre en --, to
beat a retreat.
retribuer, _v._ to remunerate, give a salary to.
retrousser (se), _v._ to turn up.
retrouver, _v._ to find again; se --, find oneself again, be
found again, meet again.
reunion, _f._ reunion,