Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| wooden adj. - made of wood | en bois | ||||||
| hardwood adj. - before noun; floor | en bois dur - sol | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| bois | |||||||
| boire (Verb) | |||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| wood - timber | le bois - matériau | ||||||
| timber - material | le bois - matériau | ||||||
| woods used with sg. or pl. verb | le bois - au sens de : forêt | ||||||
| antlers pl. - of deer | le bois sg., usually in plural: les bois - du cerf | ||||||
| wood - forest | le bois - forêt | ||||||
| wooden box | la boîte en bois | ||||||
| driftwood | le bois flottant | ||||||
| lumber | le bois de charpente | ||||||
| birchwood - mass noun | le bois de bouleau | ||||||
| kingwood [BOT.] | le bois de violette Lat.: Dalbergia cearensis | ||||||
| wooden box | la caisse en bois | ||||||
| peg leg | la jambe de bois | ||||||
| timber scaffolding | l'échafaudage en bois m. | ||||||
| stack of wood | la pile de bois | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to drink | drank, drunk | - alcohol, regularly or too often | boire - de l'alcool, régulièrement ou trop souvent | ||||||
| to drink | drank, drunk | - a beverage | boire - une boisson | ||||||
| to take to drink | boire - s'adonner à la boisson | ||||||
| to manage sth. | managed, managed | - to succeed in drinking something | arriver à boire qc. | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| You drink way too much coffee. | Tu bois beaucoup trop de café. | ||||||
| He was hungover yesterday because he drank too much the night before. | Il avait la gueule de bois hier car il avait trop bu la veille. | ||||||
| I am hungover. | J'ai la gueule de bois. | ||||||
| I woke up hungover. | Je me suis réveillé avec la gueule de bois. | ||||||
| I woke up with a hangover. | Je me suis réveillé avec la gueule de bois. | ||||||
| "Whiskey?", "No thanks, I don't drink." | "Un whiskey ?", "Non merci, je ne bois pas." | ||||||
| How about a drink? | Si on allait boire un verre ? | ||||||
| Would you like something to drink? | Voulez-vous boire quelque chose ? | ||||||
| Let's go have a beer? | On va boire une petite bière ? | ||||||
| Shall we go for a drink? | On va boire un verre ? | ||||||
| You have to feed and water the dog. | Tu dois donner à manger et à boire au chien. | ||||||
| We went out drinking last night. | Nous sommes allés boire un verre hier soir. | ||||||
| It's his purpose in life. | C'est son but dans la vie. | ||||||
| He took a drink of his coffee. | Il a bu une gorgée de café. | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to be hungover | avoir la gueule de bois [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| to have a hangover | avoir la gueule de bois [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| to drink heavily | boire beaucoup | ||||||
| to have a drink | boire un verre | ||||||
| to take a drink | boire un verre | ||||||
| to drink wine | boire du vin | ||||||
| to drink out of (or: from) the bottle | boire à la bouteille | ||||||
| to drink to so.'s health (Brit.) | boire à la santé de qn. | ||||||
| to drink a toast to so. | boire à la santé de qn. | ||||||
| to drink to so.'s health | boire à la santé de qn. | ||||||
| to have a drink of water/wine/tea/... | boire un verre d'eau/de vin/de thé/... | ||||||
| to drink like a fish | boire comme un trou | ||||||
| to drink o.s. silly | boire comme un trou | ||||||
| to drink water | boire de l'eau | ||||||
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