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French-English translation of bois
1 bois Noun, masculine (a) (substance) wood; de ~ chair made of wood, wooden leg, timber frame; (fig) impassive face; en ~ wooden furniture, building, wood hut; maison en ~ rond log house; chèque en ~ rubber cheque, dud cheque; ~ dur hardwood; ~ de charpente, ~ de construction, ~ de menuiserie, ~ d'oeuvre timber; ~ à brûler firewood; (fig) être du ~ dont on fait les flûtes to be a push-over, be any man's fool; (fig) faire flèche de tout ~ to be a man of many means; je leur ferai voir de quel ~ je me chauffe! I'll give them what for!, I'll show them!; "touchons du ~", "touchez du ~" "touch wood";
See also: acajou, chêne, hêtre, pin (b) shaft, handle; (more generally) woodcut;
(c) deer's antler (d) (Music) woodwind instrument; les ~ the woodwind, the woodwind section See also: (e) (Sport: Golf) wood; (Tennis) faire un ~ to hit the ball off the wood Terms from the DGT glossary
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