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1 vol de grand chemin
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2 vol
I.vol1 [vɔl]1. masculine nouna. [d'oiseau, avion] flight• vol d'essai/de nuit test/night flight• vol régulier/charter scheduled/charter flight• il y a 8 heures de vol entre... it's an 8-hour flight between...• heures/conditions de vol flying hours/conditions• un pilote qui a plusieurs centaines d'heures de vol a pilot with several hundred hours' flying experience► au vol• attraper qch au vol [+ ballon, objet lancé] to catch sth in midairb. ( = oiseaux) flock2. compoundsII.vol2 [vɔl]masculine noun( = délit) theft• vol qualifié or aggravé aggravated theft• c'est du vol ! it's daylight robbery!* * *vɔl
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nom masculin1) ( d'oiseau) flightprendre son vol — to take wing, to fly off
2) ( groupe) (de canards, cigognes) flight; ( d'insectes) cloudde haut vol — fig [diplomate] high-flying; [cambrioleur] big-time; [prostituée] high-class
3) (d'avion, de fusée) flightavoir 1000 heures de vol à son actif — to have logged 1,000 flying hours
de vol — [conditions] flying; [plan, simulateur] flight
4) ( délit) theft; ( plus important) robbery
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au vol locution adverbialePhrasal Verbs:* * *vɔl nm1) (mode de locomotion) flyingau vol; attraper qch au vol — to catch sth as it flies past
2) (= trajet) flight3) (= groupe d'oiseaux) flight4) (= délit) theft, stealing, (= larcin) theft* * *A nm1 ( d'oiseau) flight (de of); prendre son vol to take wing, to fly off; à vol d'oiseau as the crow flies;2 ( groupe) un vol de a flight of [canards, cigognes]; a cloud of [insectes]; de haut vol lit [oiseau] high-flying ( épith); fig [diplomate] high-flying ( épith); [cambrioleur] big-time ( épith); [prostituée] high-class ( épith);3 (d'avion, de fusée) flight; le vol pour Paris the Paris flight; il y a 3 heures de vol entre it's a three-hour flight between; avoir 1000 heures de vol à son actif to have logged 1,000 flying hours; en (plein) vol in flight; de vol [conditions] flying; [plan, simulateur] flight;4 ( délit) theft (de of); ( plus important) robbery; commettre un vol to commit a theft ou robbery; c'est du vol (manifeste)! it's daylight robbery!; c'est du vol organisé! fig it's a racket!B au vol loc adv tirer un oiseau au vol to shoot a bird in flight; attraper une balle au vol to catch a ball in mid-air; saisir des bribes de conversations au vol to catch snatches of conversation.vol à l'arraché Jur bag snatching; vol avec effraction Jur burglary; vol à l'étalage shoplifting; vol habité manned flight; vol libre Sport hang gliding; faire du vol libre to go hang gliding; vol à main armée armed robbery; vol qualifié Jur aggravated theft GB, grand larceny US; vol à la roulotte○ theft from a parked vehicle; vol sec air travel; vol simple Jur theft; vol à la tire pickpocketing; vol à voile gliding; faire du vol à voile to go gliding.[vɔl] nom masculincommettre un vol to commit a theft, to stealvol simple/qualifié common/aggravated theftvol avec effraction breaking and entering, burglary2. [vente à un prix excessif]pratiquer le ou faire du vol libre to go hang-glidingpratiquer le ou faire du vol à voile to glide, to do glidingvol de perdreaux flock ou covey of partridgesà vol d'oiseau locution adverbialec'est loin, à vol d'oiseau? is it far, as the crow flies?————————au vol locution adverbiale1. [en passant]saisir au vol [ballon, clés] to catch in mid-airattraper ou prendre un bus au vol to jump on to a moving bussaisir une occasion au vol to jump at ou to seize an opportunity2. CHASSEtirer/tuer un oiseau au vol to shoot/to kill a bird on the wingde haut vol locution adjectivale[artiste, spécialiste] top (avant nom) -
3 brigandage
brigandage [bʀigɑ̃daʒ]masculine noun* * *bʀigɑ̃daʒnom masculin (armed) robbery, banditry (dated)* * *bʀiɡɑ̃daʒ nm* * *brigandage nm (armed) robbery, banditry†; commettre des actes de brigandage to commit robbery; c'est du brigandage! fig it's daylight ou highway US robbery![brigɑ̃daʒ] nom masculin1. [vol à main armée] armed robbery2. [acte malhonnête] -
4 escroquerie
escroquerie [εskʀɔkʀi]feminine noun• 10 € pour un café, c'est de l'escroquerie 10 euros for a coffee is a real rip-off (inf)* * *ɛskʀɔkʀi1) ( action) fraud, swindling2) ( résultat) swindle* * *ɛskʀɔkʀi nf* * *escroquerie nf1 ( action) fraud, swindling; tentative d'escroquerie attempted fraud; c'est de l'escroquerie! it's a rip-off○, it's daylight robbery;2 ( résultat) swindle.[ɛskrɔkri] nom féminin1. [pratique malhonnête] swindle
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