Usage examples of "wings" in English with translation to French

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The crow spread his wings. Le corbeau a ouvert ses ailes.
The bird spread its wings. Cet oiseau déploie ses ailes.
The bird flapped its wings. L'oiseau battait des ailes.
Birds fly with their wings. Les oiseaux volent au moyen de leurs ailes.
Spread your wings and fly away. Déploie tes ailes et envole-toi au loin.
I wish I had wings to fly. J'aimerais avoir des ailes pour voler.
The ostrich has wings, but it cannot fly. L'autruche a des ailes mais ne peut pas voler.
If I had wings, I would fly to you. Si j'avais des ailes, je volerais vers toi.
An eagle's wings are more than one meter across. Les ailes d'un aigle font plus d'un mètre d'envergure.
If we had wings, could we fly to the moon? Si nous avions des ailes, pourrions-nous voler vers la Lune ?
It seems a cruel thing to clip a bird's wings. Couper les ailes d'un oiseau semble une chose cruelle.
A bird can glide through the air without moving its wings. Un oiseau peut planer dans les airs sans bouger ses ailes.
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. L'oiseau ne vole jamais trop haut, qui vole de ses propres ailes.
If I had wings to fly, I would have gone to save her. Si je disposais d'ailes pour voler, je serais allé la sauver.
To equip a dull, respectable person with wings would be but to make a parody of an angel. Donner des ailes à une personne respectable et ennuyeuse ne serait que faire une parodie d'un ange.
The king of this country isn't a person, but a divine beast with three pairs of wings said to be in far away in the sky. Le roi de ce pays n'est pas un homme, mais une bête divine avec trois paires d'ailes et qu'on dit vivant loin dans le ciel.
I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged. J'ai trouvé un oiseau dont une aile était sévèrement endommagée.
She took me under her wing and taught me everything she knows. Elle me prit sous son aile et m'enseigna tout ce qu'elle savait.
In order to conquer the centre, we'll have to alienate the left wing of the party. Pour conquérir le centre, il nous faudra nous aliéner l'aile gauche du parti.
The wizened, old sorcerer took me under his wing and taught me everything he knew about magic. Le vieux sorcier ratatiné me prit sous son aile et m'enseigna tout ce qu'il savait de la magie.
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