s'étioler

Les feuilles tombent. Les fleurs s'étiolent.
Leaves fall. Flowers away.
L'aristocratie féodale n'est pas la seule classe qu'ait ruinée la bourgeoisie, elle n'est pas la seule classe dont les conditions d'existence s'étiolent et dépérissent dans la société bourgeoise moderne.
The feudal aristocracy was not the only class that was ruined by the bourgeoisie, not the only class whose conditions of existence pined and perished in the atmosphere of modern bourgeois society.
Les feuilles ramollissent et s'étiolent. En général, l'ombrage diminue le nombre de fleurs.
Shading generally reduces the number of flowers and should not be done permanently or it will do harm.
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