(=regain)
[+composure, balance] retrouver
[+health, sight, hearing] retrouver
[+lead, position] reprendre
→ Waterford finally got their accuracy back on target and Dave Bennett duly recovered their lead.
to recover one's breath reprendre son souffle
→ she had a severe attack of asthma and it took an hour to recover her breath
to recover consciousness reprendre connaissance
→ She never recovered consciousness