recount

recomptage

Deuxième comptage, généralement de votes, pour vérifier l’exactitude du premier résultat.

En anglais simple : Another count of something, usually votes, to check whether the first result was correct.

• The candidate requested a recount.
• A recount of the votes changed the result.
• Two recounts confirmed her narrow victory.

Expressions courantes : vote recount, demand a recount

récit

Description orale ou écrite de faits qui se sont produits.

En anglais simple : A spoken or written description of things that happened.

• Write a short recount of your trip.
• His recount described the events in order.
• We read several personal recounts in class.

Comment l'utiliser : recount of something (She wrote a recount of her first day at school.)

Synonymes : account, narrative

Expressions courantes : personal recount, recount of something

raconter

Raconter à quelqu’un ce qui s’est passé, souvent en donnant beaucoup de détails.

En anglais simple : To tell someone about something that happened, often giving many details.

• He recounted his journey.
• She recounted how she had escaped the fire.
• Can you recount the events of that evening?

Comment l'utiliser : recount something to someone (She recounted her adventures to the children.)

Synonymes : tell, describe, relate, narrate

Expressions courantes : recount a story, recount an experience

recompter

Compter une nouvelle fois quelque chose pour en vérifier le nombre.

En anglais simple : To count something again to check the number.

• Please recount the money.
• Officials recounted every ballot after the complaint.
• Have you recounted the tickets to check the total?

Synonymes : count again

Expressions courantes : recount the votes, recount the money