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restore someone

renew someone's energy

To restore someone is to help them regain their energy or feel well again.

B2 now and then speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

You look exhausted.

A good night's sleep should restore me.

Play the conversation

A quiet afternoon in the countryside restores me after a stressful week.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: A good night's sleep will restore my energy to me.

Say: A good night's sleep will restore me.

With this meaning, restore takes the person directly as its object, without adding “to” before them.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

restore me; restore someone's energy; be restored by something

Your turn: say it out loud

A quiet afternoon in the countryside restores me after a stressful week.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

restore someone

renew someone's energy

“A quiet afternoon in the countryside restores me after a stressful week.”

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