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1 reclaim
[ri'kleim]1) (to ask for (something one owns which has been lost, stolen etc and found by someone else): A wallet has been found and can be reclaimed at the manager's office.) réclamer2) (to make (wasteland) fit for use; to get back (land) from under the sea etc by draining etc.) rendre cultivable; assécher (du terrain)• -
2 recover
A vtr1 ( get back) retrouver, récupérer [money, property, vehicle] ; récupérer [territory] ; ( from water) repêcher, retrouver [body, wreck] ; they recovered the car from the river ils ont repêché la voiture dans la rivière ; the bodies were recovered from the wreckage of the car on a sorti les cadavres de la voiture accidentée ; to recover one's sight/health recouvrer la vue/santé ; to recover one's confidence/one's strength/one's breath reprendre confiance/des forces/son souffle ; to recover consciousness reprendre connaissance ; to recover one's composure se ressaisir, se reprendre ;2 ( recoup) recouvrer [loan, debt, taxes, costs] (from auprès de) ; réparer, compenser [losses] ; to recover damages Jur obtenir des dommages-intérêts ; the right to recover damages Jur le droit à l'allocation de dommages et intérêts ;3 ( reclaim for use) récupérer [waste, bottles, uranium] ; to recover land from the sea reconquérir du terrain sur la mer.B vi1 gen, Med [person] ( from illness) se remettre, se rétablir (from de) ; (from defeat, mistake) se ressaisir (from après) ;3 Jur obtenir gain de cause.
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