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to bring up to standard, to bring up to scratch; to brush up on (a skill or subject); to brush up
to pull someone down a peg, to put someone in their place
to reset to zero, to reset, to zero
to refurnish
remilitarisation
noun, feminine
remilitarization
to remilitarize
remisage
noun, masculine
stowage, storage
remise
noun, feminine
delivery, handing over; handover; remission; reduction; discount, reduction; shed, carriage house; deferment, postponement
remise en forme
noun, feminine
getting back into shape
remise à niveau
noun, feminine
brush-up (review of a topic to be learned)
to put away, put back (a vehicle, bag etc.)
to gamble again; to bet on again
remisier
noun, masculine
a sort of jobber in a stock market
remix
noun, masculine
remix
to remix
remixeur
noun, masculine
remixer (person that produces remixes)
remmaillage
noun, masculine
remeshing
to mend (a stitch), to remesh
to remove or take away
remobilisation
noun, feminine
remobilization
to remobilize
remodelage
noun, masculine
remodeling, restyling
to remodel
remontada
noun, feminine
comeback (act of overcoming a substantial disadvantage)
remontant
noun, masculine
tonic
remontant
adjective
remontant; bracing
remonte
noun, feminine
upstream movement (of boat, fish); resurfacing (of miners, equipment); remount (resupply (of cavalry or other mounted service) with fresh horses)
remonte-pente
noun, masculine
ski lift, surface lift, platter lift, button lift, platter pull
to go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb; to rise again, to go up again; to go up, to ride up; to go back, to return; to go back, to date back, to hearken back (à to)
to get back on one's feet
to cheer up, to make feel better, to lift someone's spirits
to turn back the clock
to tell off, to lecture, to give (someone) an earbashing, to straighten out; to catch heat, to catch hell
remontoir
noun, masculine
remontoir
remontrance
noun, feminine
reproof, reprimand, remonstrance
to show again
remonté
adjective
angry, annoyed at someone/something, up in arms
to remordant
to rebite, bite again, bite back
remords
noun, masculine
remorse, feeling of remorse
remorquage
noun, masculine
towing
remorque
noun, feminine
trailer (unpowered vehicle towed behind another vehicle)
to tow (e.g. a trailer, vessel)
remorqueur
noun, masculine
tugboat
remorqueuse
noun, feminine
tow truck
to remotivate
to regrind
to rewet (wet again); to recast (an anchor)
to die again
remous
noun, masculine
eddy, backwash; swirl, wash; turmoil
remouture
noun, feminine
regrinding
to move
to restuff with straw (usually the seat of a chair)
rempart
noun, masculine
rampart; bulwark, defence (contre (“against”))
to reenlist
remplacement
noun, masculine
replacement (the act of replacing)
to replace
remplacisme
noun, masculine
replacism
remplaciste
adjective
replacist
remplaciste
noun, masculine/feminine
replacist