Usage examples of "douche froide" in French with translation to English

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Lorsque je l'entrepris, elle me claqua la main et me dit de prendre une douche froide. When I made my move she slapped me and told me to take a cold shower.
Je pourrais regarder encore les vols juste après une douche, si je ne m'assoupis pas. I might look at flights again soon after a shower, if I don't fall asleep.
Comme le bain est trop chaud, je vais faire couler de l'eau froide. As the bath is too hot, I will run some cold water into it.
J'ai besoin de prendre une douche. I need to take a shower.
Les cuillères fendues ont un rôle particulier dans le rituel de l'absinthe. Elles sont utilisées pour tenir un morceau de sucre au-dessus d'un verre tandis qu'on le dissout dans sa boisson à l'aide d'eau froide. Slotted spoons have a particular role in the traditional absinthe ritual. They are used to hold a sugar cube over a glass as one dissolves it into her drink with cold water.
Lorsque je suis rentrée chez moi, j'ai pris une bonne douche glacée. When I got home, I had a nice, ice-cold shower.
Il s'est vite levé, s'est aspergé le visage d'eau froide, s'est brossé les dents, et s'est rasé. He got up quickly, splashed cold water on his face, brushed his teeth, and shaved.
La douche est en panne. This shower is broken.
Il s'est versé de l'eau froide sur lui. He poured cold water over himself.
Elle est dans la douche. She's in the shower.
Même aujourd'hui, plusieurs décennies après la guerre froide, il y a encore beaucoup d'amertume entre les Allemands et les Russes, en particulier dans les zones qui avaient été occupées par l'Union soviétique. Even now, many years after the cold war, there is still much bitterness between Germans and Russian, especially in areas which were occupied by the Soviet Union.
Tous les matins ma soeur aînée prend une douche. My older sister takes a shower every morning.
En mars, la terre est encore trop froide pour planter dans le jardin. In March, the ground is still too cold to plant anything in the garden.
Il y a une araignée dans la douche. There's a spider in the shower.
Tom et Marie se baignèrent dans l'eau très froide du lac. Tom and Mary swam in the ice-cold lake.
Je viens de prendre une douche. I just took a shower.
L'eau des lacs est très froide. The water of the lake is very cold.
Il chante toujours sous la douche. He always sings in the shower.
Il a été assez gentil pour m'offrir une boisson froide. He was kind enough to give me something cold to drink.
On l'entendit chanter sous la douche. He was heard singing in the shower.
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