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repêcher

to fish out, to retrieve

verb ruh-peh-SHEH Rare
People & Society Education

Origin: from 're-' + 'pêcher' (to fish)

Also means

to give a second chance (to a candidate)

Usage Note

Yen is the French word for the Japanese currency; as a masculine noun it takes le yen and pluralises regularly as yens (cent yens). In financial journalism the code JPY or the symbol ¥ is used. The word is pronounced much as in English.

Examples

"Les pompiers ont repêché la voiture dans le lac."

Natural Translation

The firefighters fished the car out of the lake.

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