Grammatical class

Verb

reprendre

(transitive) to take back, recover, regain

Details

Syllables

re-pren-dre

Phonetics

ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

800

Freq. (movies)

1322

Freq. (news)

1305

Sentences

Reprendre à zéro

To start from scratch

A1

Après la pause, on va reprendre le travail.

After the break, we're going to get back to work.

A1

Elle devrait se reprendre.

She should pull herself together.

A1

Tu dois te reprendre en main.

You need to clean up your act.

A1

Tom doit reprendre des forces.

Tom needs to regain his strength.

A1

J'ai hâte de reprendre le travail.

I can't wait to get back to work.

A1

Qui es-tu pour trouver à le reprendre ?

Who are you to second guess him?

A2

Il me faut reprendre le chemin du travail.

I've got to head back to work.

A2

Le Japon doit maintenant reprendre ce rôle.

Japan must take over that role now.

B1

Aucun de ses fils n'a voulu reprendre l'affaire.

Neither of his sons wanted to take over the business.

B1

Tom fit une pause pour reprendre sa respiration.

Tom paused to catch his breath.

B1

Elle se plaignait de devoir reprendre le travail.

She was moaning about having to go back to work.

B1