Usage examples of "se trouver" in French with translation to English

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Mon livre doit se trouver quelque part dans la pièce. My book has to be somewhere in the room.
Elle savait, au millimètre près, où tout devrait se trouver. She knew to an inch where everything should be.
Mon livre doit se trouver quelque part dans la chambre. My book has to be somewhere in the room.
Se trouver les yeux dans les yeux avec un dinosaure était une expérience amusante. Coming face to face with a dinosaur was a funny experience.
Des histoires comme Cendrillon peuvent se trouver en Chine, au Japon, et dans n'importe quel pays du monde. Stories like Cinderella can be found in China, Japan and in every land of the world.
Les théoriciens conjecturèrent que des formes de vie très avancées par rapport à l'humanité pouvaient se trouver hors de vue. Theorists theorized that lifeforms far advanced of humanity may be hidden from view.
Où se trouvait la police ? Where were the police?
Il se trouve qu'elle est absente. As it happens, she is absent.
Comment trouvez-vous les gens What do you think of the people
Une miche de pain moisi se trouvait sur la table. A moldy loaf of bread lay on the table.
Personne ne se trouvait là. There was nobody there.
Il se trouve qu'elle est absente. As it happens, she is absent.
Comment trouvez-vous la pays What do you think of the country
La niche se trouve dehors. The dog house is outside.
Il advint que je me trouvais alors à Paris. It happened that I was in Paris then.
Je ne le trouve pas sympathique. I think him unkind.
Où se trouve l'ascenseur ? Where is the elevator?
Il se trouve que j'étais libre dimanche dernier. It happened that I was free last Sunday.
Je l'ai trouvé extrêmement intelligent. I thought him very clever.
Où se trouve la gare ? Where is the station?
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