Usage examples of "gueule de bois" in French with translation to English

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J'ai la gueule de bois. I have a hangover.
Elle a guéri sa gueule de bois en dormant. She slept off her hangover.
Tu pourrais parler moins fort s'il te plaît ? J'ai une de ces gueule de bois ... Could you lower your voice please? I'm really hung over.
Tom a beaucoup bu la nuit dernière et il a un peu la gueule de bois ce matin. Tom drank a lot last night and is a bit hung over this morning.
Mon bureau est fait de bois. My desk is made of wood.
Celle-ci est une table de bois. This is a wooden table.
Combien de bois une marmotte vomirait-elle si une marmotte pouvait jeter du bois ? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Combien de bois une marmotte jetterait-elle si une marmotte pouvait jeter du bois ? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Est-ce composé de bois ou de métal ? Is it made of wood or metal?
«Tu promets ?» «Croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer !» "Do you promise?" "Cross my heart and hope to die!"
Les maisons de bois brûlent plus facilement que les maisons de pierre. Houses built with wood burn more easily than houses built out of stone.
Je réalise la construction à partir de bois. I make the building out of wood.
Il m'a sculpté une poupée de bois. He carved me a wooden doll.
Combien de bois une marmotte vomirait-elle si une marmotte pouvait vomir du bois ? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
C'était taillé dans un morceau de bois de pin, sculpté et poncé en forme de cœur. It was carved from a piece of pine wood, cut and sanded into the shape of a heart.
Le bento est un petit repas composé de riz bouilli et d’algues, que l’on vend dans des boîtes de bois blanc. The bento is a small meal made of boiled rice and seaweed, that is sold in cheap wooden boxes.
De grosses quantités de bois sont employées dans la fabrication du papier. Large amounts of timber are used in paper making.
Une pièce isolée de bois tendre et un bon chauffage sont les conditions indispensables d'un sauna. An insulated soft-wood room and a good heater are the absolute necessities for a sauna.
Je construirai un bâtiment de bois. I will construct a wooden building.
La cheminée manquant de bois de chauffage, les flammes ont déjà commencé à perdre de leur vigueur. The fireplace, lacking firewood, flames already starting to lose their vigour.
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