A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

real men • real people
real men —
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. said of actually existing men: How ungraspable
is the fact that real men ever did fight in real armor. 2. men
possessing the essential qualities expected of a male person:
He was a real man, a real general man, he drove fast cars and
flew an aeroplane as well as being a fine musician.
real people —
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. actual and not imaginary people: This form
of literature uses real people or events as essential elements in
an otherwise fictional rendition. 2. (Cinema or TV casting )
non-actors: We want you to cast for this scene on the street —
get us some real people.
reasonable to someone • reasonable with someone
reasonable to someone —said of smth. appearing moderate or
sensible to a person: The last session of Congress worked long
and hard on this issue and their compromise seems to be rea-
sonable to me.
reasonable with someone —said of smb. trying to persuade a
person in a judicious, way: I try to be very reasonable with
him; I understand he is growing up and away from us but this
behavior makes life miserable for all of us.
receive a reward • receive an award
receive a reward —receive smth. such as money in recom-
pense or for some special service: He was captured in Pakistan
and is now in jail. The informant received a reward for sharing
this knowledge.
receive an award —receive a prize, medal, etc. for outstand-
ing performance or quality: Hoare received the award in 
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980
for his contributions to the design of programming languages.
receiving order • reception order
receiving order —(legal) an order from a court which protects
the debtor’s property and prevents creditors from suing him
without the permission of the court: On 23 May 
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983 a receiv-
ing order was made, and on 
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November 
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983 Mr. Dennis
was adjudicated bankrupt.
reception order —(legal) the official order required for deten-
tion of a person in a mental hospital: The Reception Order
of a justice is sufficient authority to take the patient to, and
to receive him in an asylum, or to detain him there.