Ils ont un vol avec des battements d’ailes plutôt lents et profonds. Ce vol est un peu papillonnant et très beau.
They have a flight with rather slow and deep beats of the wings, the flight is a little flickering and very beautiful.
Ici cette intrigue transforme notre enquêteur en promeneur rimbaldien, papillonnant au gré de ses découvertes et de sa fantaisie, pour finalement trouver le chemin qui mène au cœur du labyrinthe que formait le mystère.
Here the intrigues change our detective into a Rimbaud-like figure, fluttering around his discoveries and his fantasies before finally finding the trail that leads to the heart of the labyrinth constructed by the mystery.
Uma a été très sociable ce soir, papillonnant sans cesse d’un groupe à l’autre.
Uma was quite the social butterfly this evening, constantly flitting from one circle to the next.
Tout était immobile, sauf le vol papillonnant des papillons dans le jardin.
Nothing moved, save for the fluttering of butterflies in the garden.
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