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retorte: retort
retouchage: retouching
retouche: modification, correction, amendment
retoucher: to retouch; to touch up, to put the finishing touches on
retoucheur: retoucher
retour: return; second coming; feedback
retour de bâton: karma
retour de flamme: backfire, flashback; backfiring
retour de flammes: alternative spelling of retour de flamme
retour de manivelle: backfiring, backlash
retour en arrière: flashback
retour en grâce: comeback, return to popularity
retour sur investissement: return on investment, ROI; return on investment, dividend (beneficial results from a metaphorical investment of time, effort, etc.)
retour à la case départ: back to square one, back to the beginning
retour à la ligne: line break
retour à la normale: return to normal, getting back to normal, return to a normal state of affairs; return to normality
retour à la réalité: reality check, awakening to reality
retournable: returnable
retournement: return (action of returning)
retourner: to turn over, turn upside-down; (in cooking) to turn; to toss (salad), turn over (earth, soil); to return, send back (an object); to return, go back (to/from a place); to return, revert (à to) (a state etc)
retourner sa chemise: synonym of retourner sa veste
retourner sa veste: to turn one's coat; to change sides; to change one's mind
retourner sur les bancs de l'école: to go back to school (especially as an adult)
retracer: to recount, to tell; to redraw, to draw again; to remember
retraduction: retranslation
retraduire: to retranslate
retraindre: archaic spelling of restreindre
retraire: to withdraw; to take out
retrait: retreat; withdrawal; out; dismissal; coitus interruptus
retrait sur des prises: strike out
retraite: retirement; pension (money); retreat
retraite anticipée: early retirement
retraite aux flambeaux: torchlight procession
retraitement: reprocessing (of nuclear fuel); reprocessing (of data)
retraiter: to reprocess; to recycle; to retire (from a game)
retraité: pensioner, retired person
retranchement: entrenchment; subtraction, deduction
retrancher: to deduct, take away, cut out (delete); to cut down; to cut off (exclude, from e.g. society); to kill, to snuff out, to bump off; to take shelter
retranscription: retranscription; transcript
retranscrire: to retranscribe
retransférer: to retransfer (transfer again)
retransmettre: to retransmit (to transmit again)
retransmission: retransmission
retravailler: to rework; to start working (at a task) again
retraverser: to cross again or back
retremper: to soak, dip etc., again; to brace up; to reenergize
retriever: retriever
retroussage: retroussage
retrousser: to hitch up, hike up, roll up, pull up (a garment)
retrousser ses manches: to roll up one's sleeves, to pull one's socks up
retrouvaille: reunion
retrouver: to find (again); to rediscover; to remember; to recall; to meet; to meet up; to bump into; to go back to, to return to; to find oneself; to end up
rets: snare; net
retsina: retsina
retweeter: to retweet
retâter: to grope again; to try again (something)
retéléphoner: to retelephone
reuf: brother
reum: mother
reup: father