Usage examples of "voler" in French with translation to English

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Il est capable de voler. He is capable of stealing.
Je ne peux pas voler. I can't fly.
Le fils de Tom s'est fait voler pour la troisième fois. Tom's son was robbed for the third time.
Peux-tu m'apprendre à voler ? Can you teach me how to steal?
Les oiseaux apprennent à voler instinctivement. Birds learn to fly by instinct.
Ma sœur s'est fait voler son sac en rentrant chez elle hier soir. My sister was robbed of her bag on her way home last night.
Je préfère plutôt jeûner que voler. I would rather starve than steal.
Pouvez-vous m'apprendre à voler ? Can you teach me how to fly?
Je me suis fait voler mon portefeuille par l'homme assis à côté de moi. I was robbed of my wallet by the man sitting next to me.
La pauvreté l'a conduit à voler. Poverty drove him to steal.
Cet oiseau ne sait pas voler. This bird cannot fly.
La faim l'a amenée à voler. She was driven to stealing by hunger.
Il faisait voler un cerf-volant. He flew a kite.
La faim l'a poussé à voler. Hunger urged him to steal.
Cet oiseau ne peut pas voler. This bird cannot fly.
Ils le prirent en train de voler. They caught him stealing.
J'aimerais avoir des ailes pour voler. I wish I had wings to fly.
Quelqu'un a dû voler votre montre. Someone must have stolen your watch.
Je veux voler au-dessus des nuages. I want to fly above the clouds.
Même voler une épingle est un péché. It is a sin to steal even a pin.
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