reprenant

reprendre /ʀ(ə)pʀɑ̃dʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. ~ du pain/vin to have some more bread/wine;
      j'en ai repris deux fois I had three helpings;
   2. to pick [sth] up again [object, tool];
      to take [sth] back [present];
      to collect [person, car];
   3. to take [sb] on again [employee];
      [shop] to take [sth] back [item];
      si on me reprend ma vieille voiture if I can trade in my old car;
   4. to resume [walk, story];
      to take up [sth] again [studies];
      to revive [play, tradition];
      ~ le travail to go back to work;
      tu reprends le train à quelle heure? what time is your train back?;
      ~ une histoire au début to go back to the beginning of a story;
   5. to take over [business, shop];
   6. on ne me reprendra plus à lui rendre service! you won't catch me doing him/her any favours (BrE) again!;
   7. ~ confiance to regain one's confidence;
   8. to alter [clothes];
      ~ le travail de qn to correct sb's work;
   9. to take up [idea, thesis, policy];
   10. to repeat [argument];
       to take up [slogan, news];
   11. to correct [pupil];
   12. mon mal de dents m'a repris my toothache has come back.

2. intransitive verb
   1. [business] to pick up again;
      [plant] to recover;
   2. to start again;
   3. ‘c'est étrange,’ reprit-il ‘it's strange,’ he continued.

3. se reprendre reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. to correct oneself;
   2. to pull oneself together;
   3. s'y ~ à trois fois pour faire to make three attempts to do or at doing.