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Rick the royal raccoon ran 'round the raspberry bush in Rhode Island.

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Raspberries are the fruit of a very vigorous deciduous thorny bush related to blackberries, roses and strawberries. Raspberries can spread by sending out roots a long way under the ground that then sprout new plants. Raspberries can take over your backyard if you don't keep them pruned.
Raspberries can be eaten fresh, made into juice, or cooked into pies. Raspberries are very good for you.

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Rats are like large mice. They often live near people, scavenging food scraps in rubbish tips or stored food in houses. Rats are pests and most people try and get rid of rats if they can.
Rats can also kept as pets. Pet rats tend to be white or multicoloured, and wild rats tend to be plain brown or grey.

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Rattan is a type of palm tree that grows like a vine. It grows very fast, and can grow up to a hundred metres long. Rattan is harvested mainly to make cane furniture from. It can be split into wicker for making woven furniture. Rattan is also used to make canes for whipping people as punishment in some countries.

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A rattle is an object that makes noises when you wave it around. Modern rattles are usually brightly coloured. They are considered an early baby toy.
Rattlesnakes cause most snake bite injuries and deaths in America. They are a threatened species now because people kill so many of them.
Rattlesnakes scare off predators by rattling their tails. The rattling sound is made by special scales at the end of the rattlesnake's tail.

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A raven is a black bird in the same family as crows and magpies. They are one of the largest members of the crow family.

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Something is raw if it hasn't been cooked yet. The picture is of some raw meat.
Anything that needs a lot of preparation to get to the finished product can also be called raw, such as raw cotton that needs to be spun and woven into cloth.

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Razors, also called shavers, are a hand-held device used for shaving. They have a handle and a covered razor blade that is designed to remove hair but not cut your skin. There are electric razors available as well as manual ones.
A razor blade is a very thin, sharp blade that is usually found inside shaving razors.
Razor wire, or barbed tape is similar to barbed wire but is designed to stop humans rather than animals from passing. There is a single strand of barbed wire in the picture. Razor wire has sharp blades made from pressed stainless steel along its length. The blades are designed to give very bad cuts to anyone trying to climb over it.

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Reach might mean you arrive somewhere after a journey, as in "she reached home after a long trip away".
It might also mean stretching out for something. The picture is of someone reaching for the sky. If you can't reach something no matter how far you stretch out your arms, it is said to be out of reach.

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Reading is a way of converting written words into spoken words. You can either read out loud or read inside your head so noone else can hear you.
People who can't see can still read books. There are special books made for blind people that have patterns of small bumps instead of letters. This way of writing is called braille.

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Reap means to gather a crop at harvest time. It can also mean receiving the results of your actions.

The word comes from Old English and was first used for cutting and collecting grain from fields. Over time it also came to describe gaining results, rewards, or consequences.

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A rebel is a person who opposes or resists rules or government.

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Something recedes when it moves away from something else. After a flood, the flood waters gradually recede back to where they were. The man in the picture has a receding hairline, which means his hairline is moving away from where it once was.
A receptionist is generally the first person that you see when you walk into the building of a company, or a hotel. Receptionists greet visitors and guests, answer the phone and organize appointments for people working at their company.
A rectangle is a shape with four sides. The two opposite pairs of sides are different lengths, unlike the square that has every side the same length. The rectangle in the picture is a framed painting. Rectangles are everywhere around us.

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Your rectum is the last section of the large intestine in humans.

The rectum stores solid waste before it leaves the body. Waste moves from the colon into the rectum, then leaves through the anus during a bowel movement.

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Recycling is the process of transforming something that has already been used into something new. Many things can be recycled. The most common things are glass bottles, aluminium cans and paper.