j'irai reprendre mon manteau chez le teinturier

reprendre du pain/vin — to have some more bread/wine

j'en ai repris deux fois — I had three helpings

tu passes me reprendre à quelle heure? — what time will you come back for me?

j'ai repris les kilos que j'avais perdus — I've put back on the weight I'd lost

reprendre son nom de jeune fille — to revert to one's maiden name

les marchandises ne sont ni reprises ni échangées — goods cannot be returned or exchanged

on quitte à midi et on reprend à 14 heures — we stop at 12 and start again at 2

reprendre la parole — to start speaking again

reprendre une histoire au début — to go back to the beginning of a story

reprendre les arguments un à un — to go over the arguments one by one

que je ne t'y reprenne plus! — don't let me catch you doing that again!

reprendre confiance — to regain one's confidence

reprendre ses vieilles habitudes — to get back into one's old ways

la nature reprend ses droits — nature reasserts itself

elle a repris sa liberté — she's a free woman again

reprendre le travail de quelqu'un — to correct somebody's work

il y a tout à reprendre dans ce chapitre — the whole chapter needs re-writing

tous les médias ont repris la nouvelle — the news was taken up by all the media

mon mal de dents m'a repris — my toothache has come back

la vie reprend peu à peu — life is gradually getting back to normal

‘c'est bien étrange,’ reprit-il — ‘it's very strange,’ he continued

il se reprend à penser que c'est possible — he's gone back to thinking it might be possible

Il a repris son livre. — He's taken his book back.

je viendrai te reprendre à 4 h — I'll come and fetch you at 4, I'll come back for you at 4

reprendre du pain — to take more bread, to have more bread

reprendre un œuf — to take another egg, to have another egg

reprendre le travail — to go back to work

reprendre la route — to resume one's journey, to set off again

reprendre la parole — to speak again

reprendre ses habitudes — to get back into one's old habits

Elle le reprend sur les fautes qu'il fait le plus souvent. — She picks him up on the mistakes he makes most often., She corrects him on the mistakes he makes most often.

Elle le reprend constamment. — She's always telling him off.

reprendre connaissance — to come to, to regain consciousness

reprendre courage — to take new heart

reprendre des forces — to recover one's strength

reprendre haleine; reprendre son souffle — to get one's breath back

reprendre sa liberté — to regain one's freedom

La réunion reprendra à deux heures. — The meeting will resume at two o'clock., The meeting will start again at two o'clock.

reprit-il — he went on