The story
In France the country seems to go on holiday in August and come back at once: schools reopen, parliament sits again, and publishers release hundreds of new novels in a few weeks. English has back-to-school, which covers only the children.
rentrée
ron-TRAY[ʁɑ̃tʁe]
Pronunciation: Speaker: DSwissK · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commonsthe great return to school, work and politics after the summer
Closest in English: back-to-school, return, comeback. None of them covers it.
How it went in the game
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- Which language is it from?French
- What mood comes with it?A mix of dread and a fresh start
- Where would you hear it?Shop windows full of pencil cases
- What does it mean?Going back to work and school in autumn
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