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retreat 
  n 
  (=withdrawal) retraite  f  
to beat a hasty retreat   (=leave quickly) battre en retraite 
→ Cockburn decided it was time to beat a hasty retreat.   
  (MILITARY) retraite  f  
→ ... Napoleon's retreat from Moscow.   
in full retreat  en pleine retraite 
→ In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.   
  (=refuge) refuge  m  
a mountain retreat  un refuge de montagne 
  (for meditation)  retraite  f  
to go on retreat  se retirer, faire une retraite 
→ I will take a brief vacation with some priest friends after Christmas, and then I will go on retreat at a monastery.   
  (=escape) repli  m  
→ It's a retreat into the adolescence they never really had.   
→ Her retreat into a dream world made communication impossible.   
  vi 
  (=move away) se retirer 
→ Betsy and I retreated to the edge of the field ...   
→ He retreated to the kitchen to consider their quarrel   
  [army] battre en retraite 
→ The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat   
  [flood] se retirer 
[glacier] se retirer
  (=back down) reculer 
→ Faced with strong opposition in Parliament, he was forced to retreat.   
→ He retreated in the face of the American President's unqualified reassurances.   
to retreat from sth   [+commitment, promise] revenir sur qch, rétracter qch 
→ The Government was retreating from its commitments.   



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