Usage examples of "cerf - volant" in French with translation to English

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Il faisait voler un cerf-volant. He flew a kite.
Tom attachait la ficelle au cerf-volant. Tom attached the string to the kite.
Je t'ai acheté un cerf-volant. I bought you a kite.
Tom a attaché une ficelle au cerf-volant. Tom attached some twine to the kite.
Faire voler un cerf-volant peut être dangereux. Flying a kite can be dangerous.
Il fit voler un cerf-volant avec son fils. He flew a kite with his son.
Quelqu'un a coupé la corde de mon cerf-volant. Someone has cut my kite string.
Dimanche nous étions sur la plage à faire du cerf-volant. On Sunday we were on the beach flying a kite.
Les chasseurs pistèrent le cerf jusque dans la montagne. The hunters trailed the deer over the mountain.
Une voiture a un volant. A car has one steering wheel.
L'archer a tué le cerf. The archer killed the deer.
Christophe Colomb est connu comme tacticien de renom. Une fois, il a coulé une flotte pirate en leur volant tous leurs fruits et légumes, les condamnant ainsi au scorbut. A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy.
Il ne put se résigner à tirer sur le cerf. He couldn't bring himself to shoot the deer.
L'écureuil volant descendit de l'arbre en planant. The flying squirrel came flying down from the tree.
Le cerf est un bon gibier. Deer are good game.
Laisse les mains sur le volant. Keep your hands on the wheel.
J'ai suivi les traces du cerf. I followed the deer's tracks.
Il est inconcevable que tu parles au téléphone tandis que tu es derrière le volant. It's inconceivable that you would talk on the phone whilst behind the wheel.
Le cerf a été attrapé par un lion. The deer fell a prey to the lion.
Les voitures britanniques et japonaises ont le volant à droite. British and Japanese cars have steering wheels on the right side.
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