Usage examples of "retourner" in French with translation to English

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Retourner le couteau dans la plaie. Rub salt in the wound.
Tu devrais retourner à la maison maintenant. You had better go home now.
Tu ferais mieux de ne pas y retourner. You had better not go there again.
Les oiseaux ont la capacité de retourner instinctivement à leur nid. Birds have a homing instinct.
Je vais retourner dans ma chambre, là-bas je peux étudier. I am going to my room, where I can study.
Il est préférable de retourner en arrière plutôt que de se perdre. It's better to walk back than to get lost.
Je ne devrais pas avoir à retourner chez le dentiste pendant un moment. I shouldn't have to go to the dentist again for a while.
La chute du marché boursier a obligé de nombreux retraités à retourner sur le marché du travail. The stock market crash forced many retirees back into the job market.
Mon ancienne professeur d'anglais doit sûrement se retourner dans sa tombe à l'heure qu'il est. My old English teacher is certainly rolling in her grave right now.
Je n'ai pas d'autre choix que de prendre le vol de nuit pour retourner à New-York. I have no choice but to take the red-eye back to New York.
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