reculer pour mieux sauter (Fr.), to draw back to take a better leap.
redolet lucernâ (L.), it smells of the lamp.
re galantuomo (It.), the gallant king [said of Victor Emmanuel].
Regiomontium (L.), Königsberg.
Reichstag (Ger.), the Imperial Diet of Germany.
relâche (Fr.), intermission: no performance: relaxation.
religio loci (L.), the religious spirit of the place.
rem acu tetigisti (L.), you have touched the thing with a needle: you have hit it exactly.
renommée (Fr.), renown.
rentes (Fr.), funds bearing interest: stocks.