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

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Les oiseaux possèdent des ailes. Birds have wings.
Un oiseau a des ailes. A bird has wings.
Cet oiseau déploie ses ailes. The bird spread its wings.
L'oiseau battait des ailes. The bird flapped its wings.
L'oiseau battit des ailes. The bird flapped its wings.
Le corbeau a ouvert ses ailes. The crow spread his wings.
J'aimerais avoir des ailes pour voler. I wish I had wings to fly.
Déploie tes ailes et envole-toi au loin. Spread your wings and fly away.
Les oiseaux volent au moyen de leurs ailes. Birds fly with their wings.
Si j'avais des ailes, je volerais vers toi. If I had wings, I would fly to you.
Couper les ailes d'un oiseau semble une chose cruelle. It seems a cruel thing to clip a bird's wings.
L'autruche a des ailes mais ne peut pas voler. The ostrich has wings, but it cannot fly.
Si nous avions des ailes, pourrions-nous voler vers la Lune ? If we had wings, could we fly to the moon?
Un oiseau peut planer dans les airs sans bouger ses ailes. A bird can glide through the air without moving its wings.
Parlez des anges et vous entendez le battement de leurs ailes. Speak of angels and you hear their wings.
Les ailes d'un aigle font plus d'un mètre d'envergure. An eagle's wings are more than one meter across.
L'oiseau ne vole jamais trop haut, qui vole de ses propres ailes. No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
Donner des ailes à une personne respectable et ennuyeuse ne serait que faire une parodie d'un ange. To equip a dull, respectable person with wings would be but to make a parody of an angel.
J'ai trouvé un oiseau dont une aile était sévèrement endommagée. I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged.
Elle me prit sous son aile et m'enseigna tout ce qu'elle savait. She took me under her wing and taught me everything she knows.
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