bring back

rapporter, ramener

Aller chercher quelqu’un ou quelque chose ailleurs et revenir avec cette personne ou cette chose.

En anglais simple : To go somewhere, get someone or something, and return with them or it.

• Please bring back some milk.
• He brought back a gift from his trip.
• What did you bring back from the market?

Comment l'utiliser : bring something back from somewhere (She brought fresh bread back from the bakery.); bring someone back something (Could you bring me back a sandwich?)

Synonymes : fetch, get

Expressions courantes : bring back milk, bring back something

rappeler, évoquer

Faire revenir à l’esprit de quelqu’un une personne, une époque ou une expérience passée.

En anglais simple : To make someone remember a person, time, or experience from the past.

• This song brings back memories.
• The smell brought back happy days with my grandmother.
• Does this photograph bring back your first day at school?

Comment l'utiliser : bring back memories of something (That tune brings back memories of summer holidays.)

Synonymes : recall, evoke, revive

Expressions courantes : bring back memories, bring back something

rétablir, réintroduire

Remettre en application une ancienne règle ou loi qui avait cessé d’être utilisée.

En anglais simple : To make an old rule or law apply again after it has stopped being used.

• They want to bring back the old rules.
• The government brought back limits on water use.
• Would you vote to bring back that law?

Comment l'utiliser : bring something back (The council brought the parking ban back last year.)

Synonymes : restore, reintroduce, reinstate

Contraires : abolish

Expressions courantes : bring back a rule, bring back a law

ressusciter, ramener à la vie

Faire vivre à nouveau une personne ou un autre être qui est mort.

En anglais simple : To make someone or something that has died live again.

• The spell brought back the dead king.
• No medicine could bring her beloved dog back.
• Can the wizard bring back someone who died years ago?

Comment l'utiliser : bring someone/something back to life (In the story, a magic spell brings the bird back to life.)

Synonymes : resurrect, revive, raise from the dead

Contraires : kill

Expressions courantes : bring back someone, bring back the dead