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il reprit

continued, resumed, started again, regained, took along

→ reprendre
re again; back + prit il/elle past tense
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Uncommon #22,819
continued Also used in dialogue to mean “continued” or “said again.”
FR: « Je suis prêt », reprit-il.
EN: “I'm ready,” he continued.
resumed, started again
FR: La pluie reprit dans la soirée.
EN: The rain started again in the evening.
regained
FR: Elle reprit connaissance après quelques minutes.
EN: She regained consciousness after a few minutes.
took along
FR: Après le travail, il reprit son fils avec lui.
EN: After work, he took his son along with him.
Conjugation of reprendre
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First repris —
Second repris —
Third reprit —

La première cause, reprit alors le juge Obadiah.

“The first cause,” Judge Obadiah went on.

Je le sais, reprit Phileas Fogg, et je ne vous fais pas de reproche.

I know,

Les deux mains, reprit le chevalier en riant.

Both hands, the knight repeated, laughing.

J'insiste, reprit Fix.

“I insist,” Fix repeated.

Passepartout reprit sa place, sans rien dire de ce qui s'était passé.

Passepartout resumed his seat without saying anything about what had happened.

Il a perdu, messieurs, reprit Andrew Stuart, il a cent fois perdu !

He’s lost, gentlemen,” Andrew Stuart repeated. “He’s lost a hundred times over!

Il reprit le livre, appuya sur quelques touches, puis me le rendit.

He took the book back, pressed a few keys, then handed it to me.

Puis, en septembre, les émeutes cessèrent et la vie reprit son cours normal.

Then, in September, the riots stopped and life returned to normal.

— 2046 (2004)

Oui, et je le prouve, reprit Fix.

“Yes, and I’ll prove it,” Fix continued.

Après ces deux jours en juillet, la vie au village reprit son cours normal.

After those two days in July, life in the village returned to normal.

— Le Ruban blanc (2009)

Il reprit son chemin.

He continued on his way.

Monsieur, reprit Phileas Fogg, il s'agit de la vie de trois hommes.

“Sir,” Phileas Fogg continued, “three men’s lives are at stake.”

Maintenant, reprit Fix, Mr. Fogg semble retourner en Angleterre ?

“Now,” Fix resumed, “Mr. Fogg seems to be returning to England?”

Après le renvoi de Mathieu, ma mère me reprit avec elle.

After Mathieu was sent away, my mother took me back with her.

— Les Choristes (2004)

L'évolution reprit son cours, mais vers le chaos.

Evolution resumed its course, but toward chaos.

— Bugonia (2025)

Elle s'évanouit mais reprit ses sens après quelques minutes.

She fainted but regained consciousness after a few minutes.

Lorsqu'il reprit ses esprits, il était ligoté à une chaise dans la cave.

When he came to, he was tied to a chair in the cellar.

En effet, reprit Thomas Flanagan, le projet de Phileas Fogg était insensé.

“Indeed,” Thomas Flanagan continued, “Phileas Fogg’s plan was insane.”

Fix se reprit à espérer.

Fix began to hope again.