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1 slip
I 1. [slip] past tense, past participle - slipped; verb1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) glisser2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) glisser entre les doigts3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) décliner, baisser4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) sortir (sans être vu)5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) se dégager de qqch.6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) glisser2. noun1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) faux pas2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) gaffe3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) combinaison4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) cale•- slipper- slippery - slipperiness - slip road - slipshod - give someone the slip - give the slip - let slip - slip into - slip off - slip on - slip up II [slip] noun(a strip or narrow piece of paper: She wrote down his telephone number on a slip of paper.) bout -
2 regain
1 ( win back) retrouver, recouvrer [health, strength, sight, freedom] ; reconquérir [territory, power, seat] ; retrouver [balance, composure] ; reprendre [title, lead, control] ; rattraper [time] ; to regain possession of rentrer en possession de ; to regain one's footing reprendre pied ; to regain consciousness revenir à soi, reprendre connaissance ; -
3 recover
recover [rɪ'kʌvə(r)](a) (get back → property) récupérer, retrouver; (→ debt, loan, deposit) récupérer, recouvrer; (take back) reprendre; (regain → territory, ball) regagner; (→ control, hearing) retrouver; (→ advantage) reprendre;∎ 50 bodies have been recovered 50 corps ont été retrouvés;∎ to recover one's breath/footing reprendre haleine/pied;∎ to recover one's balance retrouver son équilibre;∎ to recover one's composure se ressaisir;∎ to recover consciousness reprendre connaissance;∎ to recover one's health guérir, se rétablir, recouvrer la santé;∎ to recover one's strength reprendre des forces;∎ also figurative to recover lost ground regagner du terrain;∎ to recover one's expenses rentrer dans ses fonds∎ to recover damages obtenir des dommages-intérêts(d) (extract → from ore) extraire∎ the patient is recovering in hospital le malade se remet à l'hôpital;∎ to recover from sth se remettre de qch;∎ to be fully recovered être complètement guéri ou rétabli;∎ I still haven't recovered from the shock je ne me suis pas encore remis du choc
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