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"retake of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is commonly used to refer to a second attempt at completing a task or achieving a goal. Example: "In order to improve my grade, I will need to schedule a retake of the exam next week."
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Kneehigh were back to their breathtaking best with this scabrous retake of the Beggar's Opera by Carl Grose.
Melissa Gilbert was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in a retake of a vote that union officials threw out after questions about procedures.
Terry Jones recalled his friend losing his temper when was asked to do a sixth retake of a scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which required him to get down on his knees and eat mud.
What he lacks, it seems, is stamina: he complains that he needs to save his voice rather than rehearse the outro of "Just Can't Stop Loving You", and can't hack a retake of the routine for "Beat It".
But in the summer of 1953 she had to forego the usual family summer holiday by the sea in order to attend a crammer in Paris to prepare for a retake of her baccalaureat.
A subsequent retake of the toss landed the Sharks' way and allowed them to receive the kick off for the first set of the sudden-death period – a potentially match-winning advantage.
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Given the potential consequences of loss of diagnostic information, of retakes, and of shielding of automatic exposure-control chambers, gonad shielding might better be discontinued.
There were so many retakes of the Supercalifragilistic scene that we got sick of the toffee apples we were supposed to be eating.
Many photographs from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan look like retakes of photos from Vietnam or the second world war by Larry Burrows, W Eugene Smith or Robert Capa.
A 1970 film about the making of the original cast recording of "Company" showed more than a dozen retakes of "The Ladies Who Lunch" before either she or Mr. Prince was satisfied.
The Times obituary quoted Nichols saying he didn't mind the endless retakes of Becker and Fagan: "It would have driven a lot of other engineers up the wall.
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