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Madame Paloque alone looked sour.
Seule, madame Paloque resta blême.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Leisurely, and with a sour, harassed air. La Couteau came in and placed the sleeping child in Madame Menoux's arms, saying as she did so: " Well, your George is a tidy weight, I can tell you.
Sans hâte, l’air maussade et harassé, la Couteau entra, mit l’enfant endormi sur les bras de Mme Menoux, en disant : « Je vous réponds qu’il pèse son poids, votre Georges.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Monsieur Mouret would certainly never have known how to receive visitors. He always pulled a sour face if one ever happened to come by chance.
Il est vrai que monsieur Mouret n'aurait pas su recevoir; il avait une mine, quand il venait quelqu'un, par hasard....
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
They halted for a meal, and we stopped, too, and lunched off some brown bread and dried figs and a flask of very sour wine.
Les soldats firent halte afin de prendre leur repas; nous nous arrêtâmes également et déjeunâmes de pain bis, de figues et d’un flacon de vin fort amer.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
The sour emanations of the evening had given place to delicious freshness.
Les émanations âcres de la soirée avaient fait place à une fraîcheur délicieuse.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
Only, she walked with such a terrible step, she distributed such sour smiles, that every one behind her was let into the secret.
Seulement, elle marchait d'un pas si terrible, elle distribuait des sourires si amers, que tout le monde, derrière elle, entrait dans la confidence.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
As she grew older and her sufferings increased, she became somewhat sour-tempered and violent, cross-grained, anxious, and at times rough; little imperfections which after each attack filled her with remorse.
En vieillissant, en souffrant, elle devenait un peu âpre et violente, son caractère se gâtait, inquiet, rude parfois ; et c’étaient de petites imperfections, dont elle avait, après les crises, de mortels remords.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
When at last they really set off homeward she halted at every wild-growing fruit tree, and filled her pockets with sour pears and bitter plums, saying that they world be good to eat on their way.
Puis, quand ils s'en allèrent enfin, elle s'arrêta à chaque rejet sauvage, s'emplissant les poches de petites poires âpres, de petites prunes aigres, disant que ce serait pour manger en route.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
He could also taste it coming with a more and more pronounced savour, bringing the healthful acridity of the open air, holding to his lips a feast of sugary aromatics, sour fruits, and milky shoots.
Il le goûtait venir, d'une saveur de plus en plus nette, lui apportant l'amertume saine du grand air, mettant à ses lèvres le régal des aromates sucrés, des fruits acides, des bois laiteux.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
As to grapes, they are sour enough in this part of the country, even to them that can get at them, though I daresay there are seasons and times and places where they are sourer to them that can't.
Quant aux raisins, ils sont aussi aigres dans cette partie du pays, même pour ceux qui peuvent y atteindre, quoique je ne doute pas qu’il n’y ait des saisons, des temps et des lieux où ils le semblent encore davantage à ceux qui ne le peuvent pas.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
Do you remember how appetising they are, black beneath green leaves, and the fresh flavour, partly sweet and partly sour, which they have for palates worthy of appreciating them ?
Te souvient-il comme elles sont appétissantes, noires sous les feuilles vertes, et quelle fraîche saveur, moitié sucre, moitié vinaigre, elles ont pour les palais dignes de les apprécier ?
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
At this, Madame Josserand at once became very sour again.
Du coup, madame Josserand redevint très aigre.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
As I waited for his reply, my mind flashed back to a winter day from long ago, Hassan and I sitting on the snow beneath a leafless sour cherry tree.
Alors que j'attendais sa réponse, mon esprit me ramena en arrière, des années plus tôt. Hassan et moi étions assis dans la neige, sous un cerisier.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
The rule is to bring the little ones up with the bottle, you know; and you'd be horrified if you saw what bottles they are — never cleaned, always filthy, with the milk inside them icy cold in the winter and sour in the summer.
Vous savez que l’élevage au biberon est la règle, et si vous voyiez quels biberons, jamais nettoyés, d’une crasse répugnante, avec du lait glacé en hiver, tourné en été !
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Thermophilic aerobes (flat sour)
Aérobies thermo-philes (acidification sans bombage).
© FAO et OMS 2011
© FAO and WHO 2011

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Collocations

sour milk
lait caillé
sour cream
crème acide
turn sour
piquer

Word forms

sour

adjective
Positive degreesour
Comparative degreesourer
Superlative degreesourest

sour

verb
Basic forms
Pastsoured
Imperativesour
Present Participle (Participle I)souring
Past Participle (Participle II)soured
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sourwe sour
you souryou sour
he/she/it soursthey sour
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am souringwe are souring
you are souringyou are souring
he/she/it is souringthey are souring
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have souredwe have soured
you have souredyou have soured
he/she/it has souredthey have soured
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been souringwe have been souring
you have been souringyou have been souring
he/she/it has been souringthey have been souring
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I souredwe soured
you souredyou soured
he/she/it souredthey soured
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was souringwe were souring
you were souringyou were souring
he/she/it was souringthey were souring
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had souredwe had soured
you had souredyou had soured
he/she/it had souredthey had soured
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been souringwe had been souring
you had been souringyou had been souring
he/she/it had been souringthey had been souring
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sourwe shall/will sour
you will souryou will sour
he/she/it will sourthey will sour
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be souringwe shall/will be souring
you will be souringyou will be souring
he/she/it will be souringthey will be souring
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have souredwe shall/will have soured
you will have souredyou will have soured
he/she/it will have souredthey will have soured
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been souringwe shall/will have been souring
you will have been souringyou will have been souring
he/she/it will have been souringthey will have been souring
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sourwe should/would sour
you would souryou would sour
he/she/it would sourthey would sour
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be souringwe should/would be souring
you would be souringyou would be souring
he/she/it would be souringthey would be souring
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have souredwe should/would have soured
you would have souredyou would have soured
he/she/it would have souredthey would have soured
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been souringwe should/would have been souring
you would have been souringyou would have been souring
he/she/it would have been souringthey would have been souring
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am souredwe are soured
you are souredyou are soured
he/she/it is souredthey are soured
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being souredwe are being soured
you are being souredyou are being soured
he/she/it is being souredthey are being soured
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been souredwe have been soured
you have been souredyou have been soured
he/she/it has been souredthey have been soured
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was souredwe were soured
you were souredyou were soured
he/she/it was souredthey were soured
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being souredwe were being soured
you were being souredyou were being soured
he/she/it was being souredthey were being soured
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been souredwe had been soured
you had been souredyou had been soured
he/she/it had been souredthey had been soured
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be souredwe shall/will be soured
you will be souredyou will be soured
he/she/it will be souredthey will be soured
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been souredwe shall/will have been soured
you will have been souredyou will have been soured
he/she/it will have been souredthey will have been soured