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No. 365 in French

revenir

To come back.

In a sentence

  • Je vais revenir plus tard pour terminer mon travail.

    I will come back later to finish my work.

    In this sentence, 'revenir' is used with the meaning 'to come back.' It indicates the action of returning to a place where the speaker has been before.

  • Ce souvenir me fait toujours revenir à mon enfance.

    This memory always brings me back to my childhood.

    Here, 'revenir' is employed metaphorically to signify being mentally brought back to a specific time or period, such as memories of childhood.

  • Les vieux styles ont tendance à revenir à la mode.

    Old styles tend to come back into fashion.

    In this context, 'revenir' means 'to come back' in terms of trends or cycles, implying the reappearance or resurgence of something that once existed.

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