flight

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Trajet effectué en avion, notamment pour transporter des passagers d’un endroit à un autre.

En anglais simple : A journey made in an aircraft, especially one carrying passengers between places.

• Our flight leaves at six.
• They booked a direct flight to Madrid.
• Were any flights cancelled because of the storm?

Comment l'utiliser : flight from somewhere to somewhere (Our flight from Paris to Rome leaves at noon.)

Synonymes : air journey

Expressions courantes : book a flight, direct flight, return flight, catch a flight

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Action ou capacité de se déplacer dans les airs grâce à des ailes.

En anglais simple : The act or ability of moving through the air using wings.

• The bird took flight.
• These insects spend most of their lives in flight.
• Scientists studied the movements of the wings during flight.

Synonymes : flying

Expressions courantes : in flight, take flight, bird flight, powered flight

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Déplacement dans les airs, notamment celui d’un oiseau ou d’un avion.

En anglais simple : An act of moving through the air, especially by a bird or an aircraft.

• We watched the birds in flight.
• The young eagle made its first flight today.
• Long flights tire these migrating birds.

Expressions courantes : in flight, first flight, bird flight

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Mouvement ou trajet d’un objet qui se déplace dans l’air ou dans l’espace.

En anglais simple : The movement or path of an object as it travels through air or space.

• The ball curved during its flight.
• Engineers calculated the rocket’s flight through space.
• A strong wind changed the arrow’s flight.

Comment l'utiliser : the flight of something (We followed the flight of the ball with our eyes.)

Synonymes : trajectory, path

Expressions courantes : flight path, flight of something, track the flight

fuite

Action de s’enfuir pour échapper à un danger ou à quelqu’un qui cherche à vous attraper.

En anglais simple : The act of running away from danger or from someone trying to catch you.

• The sudden noise sent the deer into flight.
• Police followed his flight across the border.
• Their flight from danger ended in a quiet village.

Comment l'utiliser : flight from something (Their flight from the fighting lasted several days.)

Synonymes : escape

Expressions courantes : flight from danger, take flight, flight to safety

patrouille aérienne

Petit groupe militaire composé de plusieurs avions et de leurs pilotes.

En anglais simple : A small military group made up of several aircraft and the people who fly them.

• She commands a flight of four aircraft.
• Two flights joined the squadron last month.
• The flight commander briefed the pilots before departure.

Expressions courantes : command a flight, flight commander, training flight