"al volo" meaning in Italian

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          "english": "(literally, “kick to the ball while it is still in the air”)",
          "roman": "a volley kick to the ball",
          "text": "un calcio al volo al pallone",
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          "english": "Suddenly one of these gypsies in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and moving her hands like Frisco dances out alone on the canvas platform.",
          "ref": "2013, chapter 3, in F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 73:",
          "text": "Improvvisamente una di queste vagabonde, in un opale tremolante, coglie al volo un cocktail, lo butta giù per prendere coraggio e, muovendo le mani come Frisco, balla da sola al centro del palco.",
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        "(also sports) while an object is still moving through the air"
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          "english": "to understand immediately",
          "text": "capire al volo",
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        "quickly and readily; on the fly"
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        "(figurative) quickly and readily; on the fly"
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        {
          "word": "a volo"
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        "(figurative) quickly and readily; on the fly"
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