To Return etc Flashcards

Differences of verbs meaning to return

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rentrer

A

to return

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rentrer chez soi

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to go back home

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rentrer les enfants

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to take the children home

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la rentrèe

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return, homecoming

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NOTE: conjugates with être, except when it has a direct object, then with avoir:

elle a rentré le chat dans la maison

elle est rentrée tôt

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she brought (took) the cat into the house

she returned home early

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reprendre

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to take again, to take back, to recover, to resume, to take up again

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reprendre froid

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to catch cold again

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reprendre ses esprits

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to recover one’s senses

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reprendre le dessus

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to gain the upper hand

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se reprendre

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to take hold of oneself, to recover oneself

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une reprise

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resumption, renewal

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rendre

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to give back, to return (something), to render, to vomit

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un rendez-vous

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appointment, date

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un compte rendu

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an account, report

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rendre grâce à qqn

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to give thanks to someone

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rendre service à qqn

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to be of service to someone

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se rendre à

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to surrender to

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rendre justice

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to uphold justice

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rendre qqch

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to return something

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rendre qqn + adj

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to make someone + adj

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rencontrer

A

to meet. to encounter

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se rencontrer

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to meet eachother

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une rencontre

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encounter, meeting

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aller à la rencontre de qqn

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to go to meet someone

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rencontrer par hasard
to meet someone by chance (bump into)
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retourner
to return, to go back, to turn again
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retourner une chaussette
to turn a sock inside out
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retourner un matelas
to turn over a mattress
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retourner qqn
to change someone's mind
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se retourner
to turn around
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se retourner sur le dos
to turn over on one's back
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un retour
a return
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un billet de retour
return ticket
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un billet d'aller et retour
a round trip ticket
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être de retour
to be back
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Mme Dupin sera de retour demain
Mrs Dupin will be back tomorrow
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remettre
to put on again, to replace, to put back, to giver back, to postpone
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se remettre de
to recover from
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se remettre à faire qqch
to start to do something again
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remettez-vous!
pull yourself together!
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remettez-vous!
pull yourself together!
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revenir
to come back
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revenir d'une erreur
to real size one's mistake
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revenir au même
to amount to the same thing
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revenir sur ses pas
to retrace one's steps
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revenir sur le sujet
to return to (get back to) the subject
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venir
to come
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venir de faire qqch
to have just done something
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je viens de manger
i have just eaten / I just ate
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venir à + inf
to happen to...
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Si je viens à devenir riche...
if i happen to become rich....
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faire venir
to send for
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venir chercher
to call for, to come to get
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faire venir
to send for
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D'où vient cela?
where does that come from?
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reprendre la parole
to go on speaking
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rendre visite à
to pay a visit to
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venir à
to happen to
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venir à bout de + inf
to manage, to succeed + inf
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Si nous venons à nous voir en ville, nous pouvons prendre une tasse de café ensemble
if we happen to see each other in town, we can have a cup of coffee together
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renvoyer
to send away (back), to discharge someone
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apporter
to bring, to bear
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un apport
something brought
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un apporteur de bonnes nouvelles
bearer of good news
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porter
to wear, to carry
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en échange (de)
in return (for)