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    stale

    US /stel/

    ・

    UK /steɪl/

    B1
    adj.Adjective(E.g. of bread) not fresh
    The potato chips I bought were stale

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    A Cake or a Biscuit? - The Lengthy and Expensive Saga of the Jaffa Cake

    06:39A Cake or a Biscuit? - The Lengthy and Expensive Saga of the Jaffa Cake
    • McVities' trump card, however, was pointing out that cakes and biscuits go stale in almost opposite ways, with cakes turning hard as they go stale and biscuits turning soft.

      McVities' trump card, however, was pointing out that cakes and biscuits go stale in almost opposite ways, with cakes turning hard as they go stale and biscuits turning soft.

    • opposite ways, with cakes turning hard as they stale and biscuits turning soft.

      opposite ways, with cakes turning hard as they stale and biscuits turning soft.

    B1

    Classic French Onion Soup | French Guy Cooking

    04:27Classic French Onion Soup | French Guy Cooking
    • Of course using stale bread for that job would be just as good.

      Of course using stale bread for that job would be just as good.

    • Of course using stale bread for that job would be just as good.

      Of course using stale bread for that job would be just as good.

    B1

    I Accidentally Became A Meme: You Can't See John Cena

    06:31I Accidentally Became A Meme: You Can't See John Cena
    • the most stale, unentertaining character you can imagine

      the most stale, unentertaining character you can imagine

    B1

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters

    17:28A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
    • and touched them with its freshest tints, a stale and shriveled hand, like that of age, had pinched and twisted them,

      and touched them with its freshest tints, a stale and shriveled hand, like that of age, had pinched and twisted them,

    • its freshest tints, a stale and shrivelled hand,  like that of age, had pinched, and twisted them,  

      its freshest tints, a stale and shrivelled hand,  like that of age, had pinched, and twisted them,  

    B2

    Grocery Shopping Vocabulary at the Supermarket | Learn English in Conversation

    05:07Grocery Shopping Vocabulary at the Supermarket | Learn English in Conversation
    • This one is fine! Fresh bread will be stale by the weekend.  

      This one is fine! Fresh bread will be stale by the weekend.  

    • Fresh bread will be stale by the weekend.

      Fresh bread will be stale by the weekend.

    B1

    President Obama on Race to the Top

    19:03President Obama on Race to the Top
    • We're beginning to move past the stale debates about either more money or more reform, because the fact is we need both.

      We're beginning to move past the stale debates about either more money or more reform, because the fact is we need both.

    • We're beginning to move past the stale debates about either more

      We're beginning to move past the stale debates about either more

    B1

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.

    14:37A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.
    • Where graceful youth should have filled their features out and touched them with its freshest tints, a stale and shriveled hand like that of age had pinched and twisted them and pulled them into shreds, where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked,

      Where graceful youth should have filled their features out and touched them with its freshest tints, a stale and shriveled hand like that of age had pinched and twisted them and pulled them into shreds, where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked,

    • stale and shrivelled hand, like that of age, had pinched, and twisted

      stale and shrivelled hand, like that of age, had pinched, and twisted

    B2

    THIS THESE THAT THOSE | How to USE and PRONOUNCE #Spon

    14:21THIS THESE THAT THOSE | How to USE and PRONOUNCE #Spon
    • This bread is stale.

      This bread is stale.

    • Stale means not fresh.

      Stale means not fresh.

    A2

    Beauty and the Beast - Behind the scenes with Emma Watson

    04:54Beauty and the Beast - Behind the scenes with Emma Watson
    • It's stale!

      It's stale!

    • - is stale ♫

      - is stale ♫

    A2

    Waking up at 5 AM for a week in college

    23:43Waking up at 5 AM for a week in college
    • The cereal is so stale.

      The cereal is so stale.

    • The cereal is so stale.

      The cereal is so stale.

    A2