Sentence examples of "avalé" in French

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Le serpent a avalé une grenouille. The snake swallowed a frog.
Il a avalé du détergent par erreur. He swallowed detergent by mistake.
L'avion fut avalé par les gros nuages. The airplane was swallowed up in the large clouds.
Le distributeur de billets a avalé ma carte de crédit. The ATM has swallowed my debit card.
Je ne peux avaler ces cachets sans un verre d'eau. I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.
La police est douée pour comprendre que quelqu'un a volé ma carte de crédit et a amassé plein d'argent. C'est beaucoup plus dur de leur faire avaler que "quelqu'un a volé mon épée magique". The police are really good at understanding "someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of money". It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "someone stole my magic sword".
Avaler et s'éclaircir la gorge peut être un signe que quelqu'un ment. Swallowing and throat-clearing can be a sign that someone is lying.
J'en ai assez avalé. I've had enough.
Il a tout avalé : l'hameçon, la canne et le plomb. He fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
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