redresser
français → anglais/ʀ(ə)dʀese/
1 verbe transitif
[+ arbre, statue, poteau] to set upright, [+ tôle cabossée] to straighten out, [+ avion, roue, voiture] to straighten up, [+ bateau] to right, [+ économie] to redress, [+ entreprise déficitaire] to turn round
- redresser un malade dans son lit to sit a patient up in bed
- redresser les épaules to straighten one’s shoulders
- redresser le corps to stand up straight
5 autres exemples
- redresser la tête to lift up one’s head
- redresser la tête (fig) to hold one’s head up high
- se faire redresser les dents to have one’s teeth straightened
- redresser le pays to put the country on its feet again
- redresser la situation to put the situation right
2 verbe pronominal se redresser
(= se mettre assis) to sit up, (= se mettre droit) to stand up straight, (après s’être courbé) to straighten up, [bateau] to right itself, [avion, voiture] to straighten up, [pays, économie] to recover, [situation] to put itself to rights
- redresse-toi ! sit ou stand up straight!