retreat

/ɹɪˈtɹiːt/ verbe B2

En français : se retirer, se replier, battre en retraite

To withdraw from a position, go back. (intransitive)
To withdraw military forces. (intransitive) · The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered.
To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier) (intransitive)
To slope back. (intransitive) · a retreating forehead

He/she/it retreats · Prétérit retreated · Participe passé retreated · Forme en -ing retreating

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base: retreat
He/she/it: retreats
Prétérit: retreated
Participe passé: retreated
Forme en -ing: retreating

Dans la bibliothèque

Danglars retreated a step or two.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 6 · C1

Darcy, she was directly retreating.

Pride and Prejudice, p. 226 · B2

“I never in all my life saw or heard anything to equal her,” muttered Marilla, beating a retreat down to the cellar after potatoes.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 45 · C1

Matthew Cuthbert’s father, as shy and silent as his son after him, had got as far away as he possibly could from his fellow men without actually retreating into the woods when he founded his homestead.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 3 · C1

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