Summary
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toucher du bois:
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Wiktionary:
toucher du bois → knock on wood, touch wood
toucher du bois → touch wood, knock on wood
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Wiktionary:
French
Detailed Translations for toucher du bois from French to English
toucher du bois: (*Using Word and Sentence Splitter)
- toucher: earn; earn wages; touch; influence; impress; regard; concern; affect; feel; grope; relate to; strike; impact; move; hit; meet; border; verge on; border on; be adjacent to; bear; cause emotions; gain; obtain; acquire; set up; commence; start; undertake; procure; begin; cash; take off; take on; come by; strike up; set in motion; start to; collect money; tag; stir; tap; glance; tick; touch upon; just touch; sensory perception; recover; revive; get over; sense of touch; take upon oneself; tactile sense
- toucher à: border; verge on; border on; be adjacent to
- devoir: need; want; must; have to; having to; being forced to; being obliged to; should; ought to; be obliged to; duty; lecture; paper; project; writing; clerical work; task; difficulty; problematical case; owe
- déçu: disappointed; glum; let down; disillusioned; crestfallen; down in the mouth; deceived; fooled
- dû: bound; committed; obliged; obligatory; indebted
- boire: booze; drink heavily; drink excessively; have too much to drink; drink; have a drink; finish; empty; drink up; quench one's thirst; pour out
- bois: timber; wood; timbre; forest; woodland; woods; forests; woodland ecosystem; forest biomes; antlers; horns
- boisé: afforested; overgrown; grown over; woody; wooded
Wiktionary Translations for toucher du bois:
toucher du bois
Cross Translation:
verb
toucher du bois
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proverbial|fr conjurer le mauvais sort.
- toucher du bois → knock on wood; touch wood
verb
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take a customary action to ward off misfortune
Cross Translation:
| From | To | Via |
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| • toucher du bois | → touch wood; knock on wood | ↔ auf Holz klopfen — man sagt es, um jemand anderem damit Glück zu wünschen: es wird schon gut gehen; alles wird gut |