retrouver
A1#281Hear it
verb
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
Used in the library
- Quelques minutes plus tard l'homme de science était parti et la famille se retrouva seule comme à l'ordinaire.A few minutes later the scientist had left and the family found themselves alone as usual.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- — Alors il est là, je le retrouverai là?"So he's here, will I find him there?B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- A la marée basse, on retrouva l'embarcation qui s'était enfoncée droit sous la vague.At the low tide, we found the boat that had fallen straight under the wave.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Colomb seul a eu la magnifique idée d'aller sonder les mystères qui sommeillaient sur les limites occidentales de la mer Atlantique, vers lesquelles l'Europe jetait, en vain, un oeil scrutateur depuis tant de siècles; lui seul, il a su retrouver un monde perdu depuis des milliers d'années peut-être.Columbus alone had the magnificent idea of going to probe the mysteries that were dwindling on the western limits of the Atlantic Sea, towards which Europe had, in vain, cast a scrutinizing eye for so many centuries; he alone had been able to find a world that had been lost for thousands of years perhaps.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
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