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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 Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, 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 vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, 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 feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, 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 feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, 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-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, 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-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, 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 Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, 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 bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, 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'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, 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'Abime
Le Peuple de l'Abime
London, Jack
The People of the Abyss
London, 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.
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 feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

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stale

verb
Basic forms
Paststaled
Imperativestale
Present Participle (Participle I)staling
Past Participle (Participle II)staled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I stalewe stale
you staleyou stale
he/she/it stalesthey stale
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am stalingwe are staling
you are stalingyou are staling
he/she/it is stalingthey are staling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have staledwe have staled
you have staledyou have staled
he/she/it has staledthey have staled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been stalingwe have been staling
you have been stalingyou have been staling
he/she/it has been stalingthey have been staling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I staledwe staled
you staledyou staled
he/she/it staledthey staled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was stalingwe were staling
you were stalingyou were staling
he/she/it was stalingthey were staling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had staledwe had staled
you had staledyou had staled
he/she/it had staledthey had staled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been stalingwe had been staling
you had been stalingyou had been staling
he/she/it had been stalingthey had been staling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will stalewe shall/will stale
you will staleyou will stale
he/she/it will stalethey will stale
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be stalingwe shall/will be staling
you will be stalingyou will be staling
he/she/it will be stalingthey will be staling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have staledwe shall/will have staled
you will have staledyou will have staled
he/she/it will have staledthey will have staled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been stalingwe shall/will have been staling
you will have been stalingyou will have been staling
he/she/it will have been stalingthey will have been staling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would stalewe should/would stale
you would staleyou would stale
he/she/it would stalethey would stale
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be stalingwe should/would be staling
you would be stalingyou would be staling
he/she/it would be stalingthey would be staling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have staledwe should/would have staled
you would have staledyou would have staled
he/she/it would have staledthey would have staled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been stalingwe should/would have been staling
you would have been stalingyou would have been staling
he/she/it would have been stalingthey would have been staling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am staledwe are staled
you are staledyou are staled
he/she/it is staledthey are staled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being staledwe are being staled
you are being staledyou are being staled
he/she/it is being staledthey are being staled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been staledwe have been staled
you have been staledyou have been staled
he/she/it has been staledthey have been staled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was staledwe were staled
you were staledyou were staled
he/she/it was staledthey were staled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being staledwe were being staled
you were being staledyou were being staled
he/she/it was being staledthey were being staled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been staledwe had been staled
you had been staledyou had been staled
he/she/it had been staledthey had been staled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be staledwe shall/will be staled
you will be staledyou will be staled
he/she/it will be staledthey will be staled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been staledwe shall/will have been staled
you will have been staledyou will have been staled
he/she/it will have been staledthey will have been staled

stale

noun
SingularPlural
Common casestalestales
Possessive casestale'sstales'

stale

adjective
Positive degreestale
Comparative degreestaler
Superlative degreestalest