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

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Je peux voler. I can fly.
Je me suis fait voler tout l'argent, et j'ai eu des ennuis. I had all the money stolen and was in trouble.
Un oiseau peut voler. A bird can fly.
Notre avion est en train de voler au-dessus des nuages. Our plane is flying over the clouds.
S'il n'y avait pas d'air, les avions ne pourraient pas voler. If it were not for the air, planes could not fly.
Allons voler à l'étalage du supermarché. Let's go to shoplift the supermarket.
C'est mal de voler de l'argent. It is wrong to steal money.
Il attrapa un garçon en train de lui voler sa montre. He caught a boy stealing his watch.
Le pingouin est un oiseau qui ne peut pas voler. A penguin is a bird that cannot fly.
Elle a été capturée alors qu'elle tentait de voler des bijoux. She was captured trying to steal jewelry.
Les oiseaux apprennent à voler instinctivement. Birds learn to fly by instinct.
Pouvez-vous m'apprendre à voler ? Can you teach me how to fly?
J'ai pris l'homme en train de voler l'argent. I caught the man stealing the money.
La pauvreté l'a conduit à voler. Poverty drove him to steal.
La faim l'a amenée à voler. She was driven to stealing by hunger.
Je te laisse filer pour cette fois, mais je ne veux plus jamais t'attraper en train de voler. I'll let you off this time, but I don't ever want to catch you stealing again.
Certaines espèces d'oiseaux ne peuvent pas voler. Some kinds of birds can't fly.
J'aimerais avoir des ailes pour voler. I wish I had wings to fly.
Il s'est fait un silence absolu. On aurait pu entendre une mouche voler. There came a complete silence. You could hear a pin drop.
Je me suis fait voler mon téléphone portable. My mobile has been stolen.
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