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To Return etc Flashcards

Differences of verbs meaning to return

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1
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rentrer

A

to return

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2
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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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19
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rendre qqch

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to return something

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20
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rendre qqn + adj

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to make someone + adj

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21
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rencontrer

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to meet. to encounter

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22
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se rencontrer

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to meet eachother

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23
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une rencontre

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encounter, meeting

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24
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aller à la rencontre de qqn

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to go to meet someone

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25
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rencontrer par hasard

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to meet someone by chance (bump into)

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26
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retourner

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to return, to go back, to turn again

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27
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retourner une chaussette

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to turn a sock inside out

28
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retourner un matelas

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to turn over a mattress

29
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retourner qqn

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to change someone’s mind

30
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se retourner

A

to turn around

31
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se retourner sur le dos

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to turn over on one’s back

32
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un retour

A

a return

33
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un billet de retour

A

return ticket

34
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un billet d’aller et retour

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a round trip ticket

35
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être de retour

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to be back

36
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Mme Dupin sera de retour demain

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Mrs Dupin will be back tomorrow

37
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remettre

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to put on again, to replace, to put back, to giver back, to postpone

38
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se remettre de

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to recover from

39
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se remettre à faire qqch

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to start to do something again

40
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remettez-vous!

A

pull yourself together!

41
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remettez-vous!

A

pull yourself together!

42
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revenir

A

to come back

43
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revenir d’une erreur

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to real size one’s mistake

44
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revenir au même

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to amount to the same thing

45
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revenir sur ses pas

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to retrace one’s steps

46
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revenir sur le sujet

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to return to (get back to) the subject

47
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venir

A

to come

48
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venir de faire qqch

A

to have just done something

49
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je viens de manger

A

i have just eaten / I just ate

50
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venir à + inf

A

to happen to…

51
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Si je viens à devenir riche…

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if i happen to become rich….

52
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faire venir

A

to send for

53
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venir chercher

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to call for, to come to get

54
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faire venir

A

to send for

55
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D’où vient cela?

A

where does that come from?

56
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reprendre la parole

A

to go on speaking

57
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rendre visite à

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to pay a visit to

58
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venir à

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to happen to

59
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venir à bout de + inf

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to manage, to succeed + inf

60
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Si nous venons à nous voir en ville, nous pouvons prendre une tasse de café ensemble

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if we happen to see each other in town, we can have a cup of coffee together

61
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renvoyer

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to send away (back), to discharge someone

62
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apporter

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to bring, to bear

63
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un apport

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something brought

64
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un apporteur de bonnes nouvelles

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bearer of good news

65
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porter

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to wear, to carry

66
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en échange (de)

A

in return (for)

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