raccrocher, v.n., to fluke. Il ne fait que —; he does nothing but fluke.
raccrocheuse, n.f., (pop.) street-walker.
race, n.f., race; stock, breed; family, line, ancestry; (agri.) variety. Un cheval de —; a thorough-bred horse. Ce chien est de bonne —; this dog is of a good breed, is pure-bred. Croiser les —s; to cross the breeds. — de vipères; generation of vipers. La — future; future ages. Les bons chiens chassent de —; it runs in the blood. Cette fille chasse de —; that girl is a flirt like her mother. Faire —; to breed.
rachat, n.m., repurchase, redemption, recovery, ransom. Vendre à faculté de —; to sell with power of redemption. — de bans; (marriage) license.
rachetable (rash-tabl), adj., redeemable.
racheter (rash-té), v.a., to buy back, to buy again, to repurchase; to ransom, to buy off, to redeem; to compensate, to make up for; to atone, to atone for. — une rente; to redeem an annuity. — les prisonniers; to ransom the prisoners. — ses vices par ses vertus; to atone for one’s vices by one’s virtues.
se racheter, v.r., to redeem one’s self; to be compensated, to be made up for.
racheu-x, -se, adj., knotty (of wood).
rachever (rash-vé), v.a., (pop.) to finish (anything begun).