retreat
/ɹɪˈtɹiːt/ nom B2En français : retraite
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack. · The general opted for a swift retreat because he saw his troops were vastly outnumbered.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security. · a mountain retreat
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study. · We both need a week retreat after those two stressful years working in the city.· a Buddhist retreat
- A signal for a military withdrawal.
- A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- A military ceremony to lower the flag.
Pluriel retreats
Dans la bibliothèque
d’Avrigny alone had followed Madame de Villefort with his eyes, and watched her hurried retreat.
What does he mean by allowing his retreat to be cut off like that?
Noirtier—for it was, indeed, he who entered—looked after the servant until the door was closed, and then, fearing, no doubt, that he might be overheard in the antechamber, he opened the door again, nor was the precaution useless, as appeared from the rapid retreat of Germain, who proved that he was not exempt from the sin which ruined our first parents.
“I never in all my life saw or heard anything to equal her,” muttered Marilla, beating a retreat down to the cellar after potatoes.
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