Usage examples of "au-dessus des" in French with translation to English

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Nous volons au-dessus des nuages. We are flying above the clouds.
Notre avion est en train de voler au-dessus des nuages. Our plane is flying over the clouds.
Je veux voler au-dessus des nuages. I want to fly above the clouds.
Des photos de cercueils recouverts de drapeaux s'éparpillèrent au-dessus des papiers. Pictures of coffins covered with flags went all over the papers.
L'avion volait au-dessus des nuages. The plane flew above the clouds.
Les oiseaux volent au-dessus des arbres. Birds are flying above the trees.
De beaux oiseaux volent au-dessus des arbres. Some pretty birds are flying above the trees.
Le mont Fuji était au-dessus des nuages. Mt. Fuji was above the clouds.
Le téléphérique grimpe sur la montagne juste quelques mètres au-dessus des arbres. The cable car wends its way up the mountain just a few meters above the treetops.
Bientôt, je ne pus voir que son cou, flotter au-dessus des vagues. Soon, I could only see her neck floating above the waves.
Il est au-dessus de moi. He is above me.
Les avions volèrent au-dessus du village. The planes flew over the village.
Son charme est au-dessus de toute description. Her charm is beyond description.
Il est au-dessus du mensonge. He is above telling a lie.
Le brouillard flottait au-dessus de la rivière. A mist hung over the river.
Tom et Marie vivent au-dessus de leurs moyens. Tom and Mary live beyond their means.
Il est au-dessus de tout soupçon. He is above suspicion.
Ils construisent un pont au-dessus de la rivière. They're constructing a bridge over the river.
Je te conseille de ne jamais vivre au-dessus de tes moyens. I advise you never to live beyond your income.
Il vit au-dessus de ses moyens. He lives above his means.
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