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She folded up inside the napkin a slice of stale home-made bread which had also been left untouched on the table.Elle plia dans la serviette une tartine de pain bis qui était également restée sur la table.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
We started at dawn on the morning of the fourth day, after the old farmer had blessed us and sold us some stale rye-bread.Nous partîmes le quatrième jour dès l’aube. Auparavant, le vieux fermier nous avait bénis et nous avait vendu du pain de sarrasin rassis.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
"Where I come from," interposes the poor Southerner, "holiday feasts last so long that the bread that's new at the beginning is stale at the end!"– Chez nous, intervient le pauvre Méridional, les repas de fêtes sont si longs, que le pain, frais au commencement, est rassis à la fin !Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
We get up, and leave the strong odor of pipes, wine, and stale coffee in our cave.On se lève. On quitte la pesante odeur de pipe, de vin et de café stagnant dans notre souterrain.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
This was what their love had come to, this fornication beneath a downpour of putrid meat and stale vegetables !C'était ça leurs amours, cette fornication sous une pluie battante de viande gâtée et de légumes aigres!Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
And the guests, having but poorly dined, and only thinking of going to bed with their bellies full, casting side glances at the bouquets, gorged themselves with weak tea, and imprudently devoured the hard, stale biscuits and the heavy cake.Et les invités, avec des regards obliques vers les bouquets, se gorgèrent de thé aigre, tombèrent sans prudence sur les gâteaux rassis et la brioche mal cuite, ayant peu dîné, ne songeant plus qu'à se coucher le ventre plein.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
The feel of the hard third-class cushions and the smell of stale tobacco cheered me up wonderfully.Le contact des dures banquettes de troisième et l'odeur du tabac grossier me réjouirent étonnamment.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
They peppered him with stale jokes, they even made a few new ones and threw at him.Ils l’abreuvèrent de blagues classiques et en créèrent même de nouvelles, pour l’occasion.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
A wash-house kind of dampness, a stale smell of moist clay, rose from the floor.Une humidité de buanderie, une odeur fade de glaise mouillée montait du sol.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
"Those women there," said our guide, "will sell themselves for thru'pence, or tu'pence, or a loaf of stale bread."« Ces femmes que vous voyez là, continua notre guide, vont aller se vendre cette nuit pour deux ou trois pence, ou même pour un croûton de pain rassis. »London, Jack / The People of the AbyssLondon, Jack / Le Peuple de l'AbimeLe Peuple de l'AbimeLondon, JackThe People of the AbyssLondon, Jack© BiblioBazaar, LLC
They are so stale dated and amorphous that it is impossible for the person accused to give a detailed rebuttal to them without arousing suspicion as to why his memory is so precise.Elles sont tellement dépassées et nébuleuses qu'il est impossible pour l'accusé de présenter une contre-preuve détaillée sans éveiller des soupçons quant à la raison pour laquelle sa mémoire est si fidèle.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 02.12.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 02.12.2011
A silence follows, then some heads are shaken in dissent whose faces have been blanched anew by the stale tragedy of sleepless night—"Stop war?Il y a un silence, puis quelques fronts, encore blanchis par la fade tragédie de la nuit où transpire l’insomnie, se secouent. – Arrêter les guerres !Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
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stale
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | staled |
Imperative | stale |
Present Participle (Participle I) | staling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | staled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I stale | we stale |
you stale | you stale |
he/she/it stales | they stale |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am staling | we are staling |
you are staling | you are staling |
he/she/it is staling | they are staling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have staled | we have staled |
you have staled | you have staled |
he/she/it has staled | they have staled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been staling | we have been staling |
you have been staling | you have been staling |
he/she/it has been staling | they have been staling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I staled | we staled |
you staled | you staled |
he/she/it staled | they staled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was staling | we were staling |
you were staling | you were staling |
he/she/it was staling | they were staling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had staled | we had staled |
you had staled | you had staled |
he/she/it had staled | they had staled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been staling | we had been staling |
you had been staling | you had been staling |
he/she/it had been staling | they had been staling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will stale | we shall/will stale |
you will stale | you will stale |
he/she/it will stale | they will stale |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be staling | we shall/will be staling |
you will be staling | you will be staling |
he/she/it will be staling | they will be staling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have staled | we shall/will have staled |
you will have staled | you will have staled |
he/she/it will have staled | they will have staled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been staling | we shall/will have been staling |
you will have been staling | you will have been staling |
he/she/it will have been staling | they will have been staling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would stale | we should/would stale |
you would stale | you would stale |
he/she/it would stale | they would stale |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be staling | we should/would be staling |
you would be staling | you would be staling |
he/she/it would be staling | they would be staling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have staled | we should/would have staled |
you would have staled | you would have staled |
he/she/it would have staled | they would have staled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been staling | we should/would have been staling |
you would have been staling | you would have been staling |
he/she/it would have been staling | they would have been staling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am staled | we are staled |
you are staled | you are staled |
he/she/it is staled | they are staled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being staled | we are being staled |
you are being staled | you are being staled |
he/she/it is being staled | they are being staled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been staled | we have been staled |
you have been staled | you have been staled |
he/she/it has been staled | they have been staled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was staled | we were staled |
you were staled | you were staled |
he/she/it was staled | they were staled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being staled | we were being staled |
you were being staled | you were being staled |
he/she/it was being staled | they were being staled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been staled | we had been staled |
you had been staled | you had been staled |
he/she/it had been staled | they had been staled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be staled | we shall/will be staled |
you will be staled | you will be staled |
he/she/it will be staled | they will be staled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been staled | we shall/will have been staled |
you will have been staled | you will have been staled |
he/she/it will have been staled | they will have been staled |
stale
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | stale | stales |
Possessive case | stale's | stales' |
stale
adjective
Positive degree | stale |
Comparative degree | staler |
Superlative degree | stalest |