Usage examples of "bird of passage" in English with translation to French

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The early bird gets the worm. L'avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt.

The following passage is a quotation from a well-known fable. Le passage suivant est une citation d'une célèbre fable.

On the arrow that hits him, the bird sees his own feathers. Sur la flèche qui l'atteint l'oiseau reconnaît ses plumes.

Don't put your things in the passage. Ne mettez pas vos affaires dans le passage.

A penguin is a bird that cannot fly. Le pingouin est un oiseau qui ne peut pas voler.

This is the passage to the sea. C'est le passage vers la mer.

It's a volant bird. C'est un oiseau volant.

The following passage was quoted from a well-known fable. Le passage suivant est une citation d'une célèbre fable.

There is a bird feeder in our backyard. Il y a une mangeoire à oiseaux au fond de notre arrière-cour.

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. Le temps n'a aucune division qui marque son passage, il n'y a jamais de tempête ni d'éclat des trompettes pour annoncer le début d'un nouveau mois ou d'une nouvelle année. Même lorsqu'un siècle commence, ce ne sont que nous, mortels, qui faisons sonner les cloches et envoyons des salves de fusils.

I dreamt I was a bird. J'ai rêvé que j'étais un oiseau.

We found a secret passage into the building. Nous avons trouvé un passage secret dans l'immeuble.

This bird cannot fly. Cet oiseau ne peut pas voler.

Sum up the passage within 200 words. Résumez ce passage en 200 mots.

A bat is no more a bird than a rat is. Une chauve-souris est autant un oiseau qu'un rat peut l'être.

Read this passage and translate it into Japanese. Lisez ce passage et traduisez-le en japonais.

He lost sight of the bird. Il a perdu cet oiseau de vue.

The teacher read a passage from the Bible to the class. Le professeur lut un passage de la Bible à la classe.

A bird can fly. Un oiseau peut voler.

There's a secret passage. Il y a un passage secret.

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