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

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Un honnête homme ne vole jamais d'argent. An honest man never steals money.
Une hirondelle vole très vite. A swallow flies very swiftly.
Lorsque vous volez une banque, vous allez en prison. Lorsqu'une banque vous vole, elle distribue des primes. When you rob a bank, you go to jail. When a bank robs you, they hand out bonuses.
Une personne vertueuse ne ment, ne triche et ne vole pas. A moral person doesn't lie, cheat, or steal.
Une autruche ne vole pas. An ostrich does not fly through the air.
Le sommeil est le plus grand des voleurs. Il nous vole la moitié de notre vie. Sleep is the greatest thief, for it steals half one's life.
Regarde cet oiseau qui vole. Look at that flying bird.
Un aigle vole dans le ciel. An eagle is flying in the sky.
Superman vole aussi vite qu'une roquette. Superman flies as fast as a rocket.
Un avion vole au-dessus de la ville. A plane is flying above the city.
J'ai mal au cœur chaque fois que je vole. I get nauseous whenever I fly.
Le nouvel avion vole à deux fois la vitesse du son. The new airplane flies at twice the speed of sound.
Le temps vole comme une flèche ; les drosophiles aiment une banane. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
Une chauve-souris qui vole dans le ciel ressemble à un papillon. A bat flying in the sky looks like a butterfly.
Avec le développement des réseaux, une quantité énorme et sans précédent de messages vole autour de la planète. With the development of networks a huge and unprecedented volume of messages flies around the world.
Il est capable de voler. He is capable of stealing.
Les oiseaux volaient en formation. The birds were flying in a group.
Il a volé une vieille dame. He robbed an old lady.
Il a volé ma montre. He stole my watch.
Les oiseaux volaient en groupe. The birds were flying in a group.
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