come back

revenir, rentrer

Revenir dans un endroit où l’on était auparavant.

En anglais simple : To return to a place where you were before.

• Please come back soon.
• We came back from Spain yesterday.
• When are you coming back to school?

Comment l'utiliser : come back to somewhere (She came back to the village last year.); come back from somewhere (He has just come back from work.)

Synonymes : return

Contraires : leave

Expressions courantes : come back home, come back soon

revenir en mémoire, ressurgir

Pour un souvenir ou un fait oublié, revenir à l’esprit.

En anglais simple : If a memory or forgotten fact does this, you remember it again.

• The memories came back.
• His name will come back to me soon.
• Everything came back when I heard that old song.

Comment l'utiliser : come back to someone (Her name finally came back to me.)

Synonymes : return, resurface

Expressions courantes : memories come back, come back to someone

se rétablir, revenir à la mode

Retrouver le succès, la force ou la popularité.

En anglais simple : To become successful, strong, or popular again.

• These shoes are coming back into fashion.
• After her injury, she came back stronger.
• Can the team come back after such a poor season?

Synonymes : recover, make a comeback

Expressions courantes : come back stronger, come back into fashion

se remettre avec, revenir vers

Recommencer une relation amoureuse avec une personne avec qui l’on était auparavant.

En anglais simple : To begin a romantic relationship again with someone you were with before.

• He wants her to come back.
• She came back to him after a year apart.
• Would you come back to me if I changed?

Comment l'utiliser : come back to someone (She asked him to come back to her.)

Synonymes : get back together, return

Expressions courantes : come back to someone, come back again

répliquer, rétorquer

Répondre rapidement à quelqu’un, souvent par une remarque sèche ou en colère.

En anglais simple : To answer someone quickly, often with a sharp or angry remark.

• He came back with an angry reply.
• She always comes back with a joke.
• When challenged, he came back sharply.

Comment l'utiliser : come back with something (She came back with a clever reply.)

Synonymes : retort, reply

Expressions courantes : come back with something, come back sharply