maladie de Pick I

relever ses cheveux — to put one's hair up

relever que — to note that

relever le compteur — to read the meter

relever le défi — to take up the challenge

‘il t'a encore critiqué’ - ‘je n'ai pas relevé’ — ‘he criticized you again’ - ‘I let it go’

relever la garde — to change the guard, to relieve the guard

relever quelqu'un de ses fonctions — to relieve somebody of their duties

relever une maille — to pick up a stitch

notre service relève du ministère de la Défense — our department comes under the Ministry of Defence

l'affaire relève de la Cour européenne de justice — the case comes within the competence of the European Court of Justice

cela ne relève pas de mes fonctions — this doesn't come within my duties

cela relève de la gageure — this comes close to being impossible

relever la tête — to hold one's head high

Je relève les copies dans cinq minutes. — I'll collect the papers in five minutes.

Je n'ai pas relevé sa réflexion. — I didn't react to his remark.

relever de — to pertain to

tiens, attrape! — here, catch!

se faire attraper — to get caught

attrapez-le! — stop him!

attraper une bouteille par le goulot — to pick up a bottle by the neck

tu peux attraper le livre sur l'étagère? — can you reach and get the book from the shelf?

tu vas attraper du mal! — you'll catch something!

il a été bien attrapé d'apprendre que — he was really caught out by the news that

se faire attraper — to get told off

Il a ramassé son crayon. — He picked up his pencil.

ramasser les copies — to collect in the exam papers

Où as-tu ramassé ça? — Where did you pick that up?

ramasser une pelle; ramasser un gadin — to fall flat on one's face

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