How To Use Retake In A Sentence

If you fail a level, you can retake the exam.
The 18th century saw incessant warfare between the colonial powers, towns repeatedly sacked, and islands taken and retaken, often for use as bargaining counters at the peace.
After about eight months Meggy got the bullet and in October 1984 I was back in charge, this time not as mere caretaker.
This caretaker is sacrificing her life to do this. Advice on working with your siblings when caregiving
He will move over from internal marketing to caretake the role until a replacement can be found.

They put their chairs on their desks so that the caretaker could sweep the floor.
The word ‘replevin’ refers to the ability of a tenant to retake the seized goods.
The Defense Secretary added that a new medal would be issued to US Forces once the liferaft was retaken, which is to be named 'The Battle We Actually Won Cross'. US Forces to leave Afghanistan Immediately
To my dismay David had to retake most of my shots so I think I was practically the last model left.
MBEs also went to stonemason Alan Horsfield, who was honoured for services to St Paul's Cathedral, Welsh caretaker Robert Owen, who was recognised for services to the community in Holyhead, Anglesey, and Mary Watt, who was rewarded for services to highland dance teaching in Ross-shire, Scotland. New Year honours: Recognition for unsung heroes in the public sector
He was succeeded in a caretaker capacity by his deputy, David Gandy.
As it sways precariously beneath the five-tonner, a small priesthood of caretakers will guide it to a washbasin and gently remove the ravages of worship and travel. Roy and His Rock
Old puppy puppet pressie should immediately call for a caretaker govt who would work immediately towards elections. Global Voices in English » Fiji: Court rules military government illegal
Some members feel that if a caretaker was employed at the Community Centre, the problem of dumping household rubbish would not arise.
His father was an Italian immigrant, a bricklayer and latterly a school caretaker. Times, Sunday Times
Her imitation of a human caretaker is providing scientists with new insight into social learning and the evolution of speech. Boing Boing
The owner invited Mary to move into the main buildings and caretake his land.
There were strong dialogue scenes with the caretaker and emotional scenes at the crater itself, but no real logical way to sequence them.
In an etherized daze, we stumble up, thank our caretaker and falter through halls stinking of sanitized despair. Habits Die Hard
In my family and culture, its expected that the family caretakes the parents as they grow older.
The battery business is being caretaken by a competitor for the duration of his Lord Mayoralty.
At Bethlehem College Preschool, caretakers live on the property and are thought to deter foot-traffic.
His 30-yard free kick flew over the bar but the referee ordered the kick to be retaken for encroachment and moved the ball 10 yards forward.
The injury cost him his job as caretaker and health and safety chief and the house that came with it. The Sun
A workingwoman may want to express her milk and ask the caretaker to feed it to the child, but those looking after the baby do not seem to agree with this concept.
The examination cannot be retaken in the same calendar year.
Mr. Aron then struck a settlement with Mr. Hickox, but his group missed a payment on that settlement this year, leading Mr. Hickox to attempt to retake the resort, according to people familiar with the matter. Plots & Ploys
But it wasn't some slim vermicelli that created his ultimate comeback, but a retake on a terror tale about killer rats.
They discussed their plan to blow up Parliament House, and shortly afterwards leased a small house in the heart of Westminster, installing Fawkes as caretaker, under the alias of John Johnson.
Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. may lose U.S. market share this year as recalls crimp sales, falling to third place after Ford Motor Co. retakes the No. 2 spot, auto researcher Edmunds. com said. BusinessWeek.com --
The gate lodge is to be turned into accommodation for the full-time caretaker who will look after the site.
But now they are prepared to install a caretaker to see out the rest of the season if results fail to show a sharp upturn. The Sun
This could actually be the result of incompatibility between behaviors typical of an animal breed and a caretaker's behavior or environment.
Please be the caretakers that you should be, commissioners of our sports, and protect sports because they're part of the fabric of America.
As most people who retake exams only tend to go up one grade, resits may not be the best option.
The caretaker ran out and saw off the boys who had been damaging the fence.
So he needed to wait until the next year to go back to school and retake the entrance examinations.
The worst-case scenario might lead to a retake. Times, Sunday Times
The move effects all of the 40 support staff workers at the Deane School - including secretaries, caretakers, and technicians - as the school undergoes a revamp.
The outgoing chairman will caretake until a successor is found.
That these four tracks were recorded live offers the listener an opportunity to hear this quintet in the raw, without the safety net of a producer demanding a retake.
We have a caretaker and security systems and no antisocial behaviour at all. Times, Sunday Times
He launched the second invasion to retake by force the rebellious republic.
But the efforts of new young striker Daniel Bent did not go unnoticed by the caretaker boss.
There were 103 cases of caretaker absence or incapacity, she said.
The caretaker of the school will tend the site, closing an access gate and opening another entrance to the public at 4pm each day.
This block of flats has a non - resident caretaker.
Kharine made two appearances under Barnes before Kenny Dalglish immediately used him in his first four games as caretaker manager.
But you might notice some editing - no doubt a few retakes were done after the performance.
He should be banned from driving then be forced to retake his test. The Sun
Firefighters rescued a mill caretaker after an arson attack left him trapped inside the building.
An inner court is revealed under a strange portico formed by projecting the caretaker's flat over the entrance route in a hair-raising cantilever which stops just short of the neighbouring building.
They sought extra-parliamentary means to oust Chavalit, establish a caretaker government and hold a new election.
'Women can be more prone, simply because they are biologically programmed to be nurturers and to have what we call a caretaker personality. Home | Mail Online
Q: If I have already taken Exam 70 - 290 or 70 - 291 , am I required to retake it?
Child maltreatment, abuse and victimization refer to the intentional assault of a child by a caretaker.
No party won an absolute majority and the outgoing government remained in office in a caretaker capacity as inter-party negotiations took place.
Follow the hilarity as a lazy man is forced to retake 12 years of school before his father will leave him the family business. The Sun
The pilot had to come on the comm to order everyone to retake their seats.
The orang caretakers asked Wartaputra to honour his agreement and refused to cooperate with the new plans.
In the north, the Kurds, though mostly Sunni, are on the alert to resist any attempts by Sunni Arabs, the ones moved in by Saddam Hussein as part of his arabization of Kurdistan, to retake power in Mosul or Kirkuk. Jihad Watch
The other, the caretaker said, had been empty since 1974 and had housed a testing facility for the Navy.
Trevor Brooking was appointed caretaker manager of West Ham as Glenn Roeder recovered in hospital.
He launched the second invasion to retake by force the rebellious republic.
Please retake that scene
There used to be a queue of volunteers to caretake the property for three months at a time.
If you consider that the defender has committed an act of unsporting behaviour, caution the offender and restart play with a retaken penalty.
Fenway Sports Group has anointed Anfield's King, the one man capable of uniting a club beset by poisonous division and politicking in recent years and someone who yearned to retake his post within weeks of leaving it in 1991. How Kenny Dalglish lifted the Liverpool mood and found the aura | Andy Hunter
He should be banned from driving then be forced to retake his test. The Sun
Mirror was helping Geoff and Tara to construct a plan to retake the city.
Mothers or other adult caretakers feed children, dress them, and perform routine physical care well into the young childhood years.
Classroom assistants, bursars and caretakers are being joined by cover supervisors, to be followed soon by higher-level teaching assistants.
Will make it that much easier to dump him in 2012 when the Taliban retakes Afganistan. WH denies Afghan decision made, as tensions flare with Pentagon
After four to six weeks, retake the step test to see if you've improved enough to justify graduating to the advanced workout.
I do not see why your son should be forced to retake this exam. Times, Sunday Times
he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected
One scenario could see a caretaker leader installed to take the party through the next general election. Times, Sunday Times
Who has not used the services of a shoeshine boy or a young caretaker of cars? Global Voices in English » Latin America: The Problem of Child Labor – Part I
St Mirren caretaker manager John Coughlin was mightily relieved that Ricky Gillies was deemed fit to play.
Animated by their commanders, they retake Cholet, leaving 1000 "bleus" dead. Jacques Cathelineau
The job of a caretaker and a permanent manager are very different. The Sun
We as a party have always supported the concept of family and the responsibility of parents - that is, mum and dad as the minders or caretakers - for the upbringing of their children.
If you are interested in becoming a penguin caretaker or aquarist, contact your local zoo or aquarium to inquire about internships, volunteer opportunities, and jobs. The Great Penguin Rescue
The Bavarian was overofficious when he insisted Nuri Sahin retake his penalty – the Turkish midfielder missed, didn't see another blatant penalty for the home side and completely messed up in the last minute of added time when he falsely awarded a Antonio Da Silva free-kick that led to the equaliser. Köln in meltdown as Zvonimir Soldo is shown the door
Gigot: So that kind of a stalemate, if the opposition takes--retakes half of the country, say, and some of the oil assets, and Gadhafi sits in Tripoli and maybe some other parts of the country--that outcome for you is unsatisfactory and would be seen by the world as a defeat for the United States? To the Shores of Tripoli
The report said that that 75 percent of the children do menial jobs, such as street vending and domestic service, or work as shoeshine boys, car caretakers, and in agriculture.
Until a new administration is formed the existing government would act as a caretaker. Times, Sunday Times
But ‘Seems Fine Shuffle,’ which closes the set, is a fun retake on one of The Concretes' better tracks, and is what compilations like this are for.
By early 1943 it was clear that the Japanese had failed, and they abandoned attempts to retake Henderson Field, evacuating the few troops they had left on the island.
Vettel tried to retake Hamilton but, with a Virgin backmarker Lucas di Grassi also in the mix, Hamilton responded brilliantly and the Red Bull driver went off the track. Lewis Hamilton's hopes blow up behind Mark Webber's charge
Joe Maguire who worked at the County Council in a number of capacities, most recently acted as caretaker for the building.
During World War II, the Italian fascist government severely repressed the local mafia forces which were formed earlier by the gabbellotti, or caretakers of the estates for absentee landlords.
The exceptions are the basidiomycete fungi, which include white-rot and brown-rot-wood-decayers and essential caretakers of carbon in forest systems. Green Car Congress
Some of these drivers look as though they need to retake their driving test.
Nick Wileman is a school caretaker so it is vital that he gets on well with young people.
Last week the army launched a campaign to retake Ramadi, and it made a final push to seize the central administration buildings yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
There were strikes and chaos and soon there was a civil war, and the surviving three thousand members begged the government to retake control.
England's caretaker boss names his squad today. The Sun
The caretaker is responsible for the maintenance of the school buildings.
The caretaker is responsible for the maintenance of the school buildings.
Within 24 hours, five members of the caretaker government had succumbed to public pressure to quit. Times, Sunday Times
The graveyard was owned by the County Council who paid old Mr. Deegan a pittance to caretake it.
The unseasoned yet clever boy used the information he gained to become comfortable as a prince, and to reassure his ‘caretakers’ that he hadn't gone mad.
Lomeier, the super, or caretaker as he is billed here, moves through the building trying to find the source of the problem and restore water to the taps on the top floors.
Agostinho Oliveira will bring the curtain down on his role as caretaker manager in Braga this week.
From the moment of birth, our limbic system is preadapted to connect with our caretakers, just as the limbic systems of our caretakers are exquisitely designed to connect with us.
On a typical day Ann arrives at school at least half an hour before the youngsters and stays - like her colleagues - until the caretaker locks the building at 5.30 pm.
The building has a small lift and the rooms have running water, baths and hot showers and the caretaker has a television.
A counterthrust temporarily relieved the pressure on Moscow (Dec. 6), and the Russians were also able to retake Kalinin (Dec. 16). Nov. 15
One day a car drove into the cemetery and stopped in front of the caretaker's ivy-covered administration building.
Similarly, a divorced or separated parent who has sole physical custody of his children could reasonably be deemed the caretaker parent.
Moore fought back to retake the lead later in the race.
In 1954, rummaging around a Bavarian castle in search of rare musical gems, he happened instead upon a piece of manuscript being employed as a strainer in the caretaker's percolator.
It is all part of the patronising, diplomatic bunkum accorded that curious species known as the caretaker who, if truth be told, is doing no more than buying the club time as they endeavour to find someone better.
In turn, animal-welfare professionals will hold individual caretakers accountable.
Gibraltar was besieged, in 1309, and retaken from the Moors by Alonzo de Guzman.
She was told the caretakers would provide a basic service including sweeping and mopping where necessary of halls, landings and stairs and cleaning of accessible windows.
England's caretaker boss names his squad today. The Sun
He is favoured as an extended caretaker leader by the 11 petitioners. Times, Sunday Times
You need to recognize your complicity in becoming the caretaker, the go-to person, the confidante, and the chief cook and bottle-washer in the first place. SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life
At times he was free-wheeling, and there are moments on this disc where today's violinists or producers probably would have asked for a retake.
When I was growing up they offered 'retakes'," says Pam Carden, a 40-year-old mother of two in Brooklyn, N.Y. "I begged my mom to let me have them taken one year, because I wanted to die when I saw how stupid my smile was in the original shot. Say ‘Cheese!’ And Now Say ‘Airbrush!’
About 8pm the caretaker of the building found the whole of the fourth floor two inches deep under water.
He assumed it belonged to a caretaker or some such person from the nursing home, who'd been patrolling the gardens for prowlers, had seen him sitting there and decided to investigate.
Perhaps a caretaker had lived here with his family, in the bygone days of Soviet power. Somewhere East of Life
I had one year in the sixth form to retake my GCSEs.
Captain Perez was what he called "stevedore" -- that is, general caretaker during the owner's absence, at Mr. Delancy Barry's summer estate on the "cliff road. Cap'n Eri
The preverbal identifications of the Imaginary involve identifications based on symbiotic fusion with the primary caretaker.
In December 1998 the alliance began an offensive to retake Freetown and in January overran most of the city.
Sometimes they don't have someone to caretake when they rise to stardom like that.
An entire family works to care for new tamarins; in wild and captive monkeys, a group of five appears to be the ideal number of caretakers needed for healthy young.
In The Caretaker, Davies, the manipulative tramp, attempts to inveigle his way into the slow-witted Aston's flat.
A new Prime Minister, Hans Modrow, headed a caretaker government that shared power with the new, democratically oriented parties.
Some people react in horror to the idea of students being forced to retake and retake and retake an exam that they have already failed. Times, Sunday Times
‘Nothing was ever shot twice; there were no retakes or multiple camera angles,’ the filmmaker explains.
They had to do several retakes before the director was satisfied.
Retake the Streets is an independent non-party group opposed to cars, lorries and washing.
In a festive atmosphere, he is received by participants of both high and low rank; in the midst of all the excitement, a humble shammes (synagogue caretaker) approaches him with a letter. Janette Fishenfeld.
Nobody minds putting in the time when the time is justified but there are too many days when it comes to 7pm, the caretaker has gone and you still end up taking work home.
Americans need to retake their original principles (interdependent individualism and liberal democracy), where work was eminent (mainly among protestants), but where a societal sense was basilar. Unemployment, Labor Market Regulation, and Sour Grapes, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
It will involve moving from caretaker to manager on a full-time basis. Times, Sunday Times
Residents in the 1891 Census comprised worsted workers, a millwright and a caretaker of the mill reservoir, which had been incorporated into the local authority water-works system.
Having relocated his family, wife Patti and twin 6-year-old sons, Mr. Steigmeyer dispelled rumors in an interview Wednesday about his being a short-term fixer, a caretaker or a proxy for a future buyer. Times-Tribune Pets of the Week
The Overlook Hotel, where the family will be residing, is the site of an atrocity involving an earlier caretaker who murdered his wife and daughters while employed in the same capacity. 2009 August
But a demo or live show takes the musician out of the safety net of retakes and production trickery that a recording studio provides.
The animal's caretakers are still unable to identify the gender because the mother zebra's protective instincts prevents close inspection.
Yesterday there was a mega march (International Day of Women) and I'm told there were hundreds of police with dogs, horses, motorcycles etc. blocking the zocalo so that protestors wouldn't "retake" it. Oaxaca Update
As the caretakers of this Earth, our people have been charged with a heavy burden.
Moore fought back to retake the lead later in the race.
In the meantime, his assistant, Mr Ronnie Moran, would act as caretaker manager.
I reckon he could caretake the job like he did the other season.
He will be the caretaker of the snowbound Overlook Hotel.
The director, Ron Howard, was dissatisfied with Nicole's response even after several retakes.
Mercer became general manager of Coventry in 1972 and was caretaker manager of England for seven games.
This block of flats has a non - resident caretaker.
Barbour told CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley that Republicans would again retake control of the House and the Senate if the election were held now. Environment in '10 better than '94, says Barbour
In the battle to retake the village, over 150 soldiers were killed.
A player representation, led by caretaker manager Edwin Stein, received a rapturous welcome.
City Police showed up Monday afternoon at the cemetery to find a hired worker peeling some of the worn shingles from the caretaker's house roof to make way for some long-needed repairs to the old, vacant and decaying property. Archive 2005-11-01
These include employees with job titles such as animal caretaker, auto mechanic, custodian, baker and tree trimmer.
Not only have I gained the skills needed to caretake children, I've also learned how to listen.
Robinson's brother had no choice but to retake his final exams to ensure a place at an Oxbridge college.
Conveniently perhaps ominously Selenas blueblood employers are nowhere to be found, and their estates jittery caretaker raises hackles. Bones by Jonathan Kellerman: Book summary
South Africa (the Cape of Good Hope) was first conquered from the Dutch in 1795, subsequently retaken in 1806, and finally retained for its strategic significance in 1815.
The rebels fought hard to retake a former stronghold.
Once again the Democratic party may have thrown away a historic opportunity to retake the White House.
September saw the British retake Delhi after an extremely fierce fight in the city streets where no distinction was made between non-combatants and mutineers.
The caretaker stokes up twice a day.
I get drawn into old habits of trying to caretake rather than let him have his emotions and work through them in his own way.
White Death, the sparse sense of isolation in the Stranger's first album, and the distantiation of the Caretaker's archival textures. PopMatters
In 1936 the Schwarts, an immigrant family desperate to escape Nazi Germany, settle in a small town in upstate New York, where the father, a former high school teacher, is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates: Book summary
Neither country has been able to build a new government after elections in June and both are being run by caretaker leaders. Times, Sunday Times
Did you prefer, as actor, working on film, where you had the luxury of retakes, or working on ‘Newhart’ with the live audience right in front of you?
he died in 1655 at sea between Hispaniola and Jamaica, while serving as a commissioner for Oliver Cromwell on a military expedition to retake the island of Hispaniola.
According to reports, he even ordered several retakes to get the now famous stair descent scene ‘just right.’
He tried to take advantage of Henry's religious imbroglio and retake Northumbria, but was captured at Alnwick and only got out of a dungeon in Norman Falaise by swearing fealty.
We have this innate desire to caretake for animals that have juvenile characteristics.
I do not see why your son should be forced to retake this exam. Times, Sunday Times
Finally, our team had a chance to retake the lead.
I'm sure that many people, the local schools' caretakers in particular, will join me in asking why we can't have a weatherproof, clean tarmac path to enjoy.
They did not need to be funny, they did not need character development, and there was definitely no need for retakes, continuity, or logical plot.
The city of Glasgow had already raised a regiment of militia which attached itself to the royal forces converging to retake Edinburgh. THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
The building has a small lift and the rooms have running water, baths and hot showers and the caretaker has a television.
Placing very young children, especially nursing infants, with foster caretakers implied payment for the service.
This is for keeps-no celluloid "retakes" unless one considers the numbing rote of close order drill. Latest Articles
Cat caretakers will assist in keeping the cat area clean and safe at all times.
Explosions and gunfire from the east side of the city suggested an attempt to retake the civilian centres was under way.
The most likely outcome seems to be a caretaker administration until genuine elections can be held. Times, Sunday Times
He said once the project is completed the voluntary housing committee intends employing a full-time caretaker for the houses.
Bergerac was retaken from the English in the reign of Charles the Sixth. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4
He began to write while earning his living as a translator, caretaker, switchboard operator, editor, and cook on an oil tanker.
A regime jet was said to have been shot down over the area yesterday as government forces tried to retake the hill. Times, Sunday Times
September saw the British retake Delhi after an extremely fierce fight in the city streets where no distinction was made between non-combatants and mutineers.
The director, Ron Howard, was dissatisfied with Nicole's response even after several retakes.
A student who fails any assignment will normally be required to retake the failed assignment.
But there is still no news on his future as caretaker manager.
Smith, a staunch profeminist, spent a year with their infant son as the primary caretaker, and writes a very intelligent and engaging blog called "Daddy Dialectic". Kari Henley: No Child Left Behind = All Boys Left Behind
Before shooting, my legs have to be filled with energy and the more retakes there are, the more concentrated is this energy.
Friends say that he is waiting for an opportunity to retake control for a nominal sum. Times, Sunday Times
The Deputy Director of Drama and Entertainment will caretake the role in the interim.

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