He was so timid that be seemed shy, he rarely went out, and he saw no one but the poor people who tapped at his pane and his cure, the Abbe Mabeuf, a good old man.

他简直胆小到好象不敢见人似的，他很少出门，除了那些敲他玻璃窗的穷人和他的神甫之外，谁也不见。

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From wearing his wife's underwear to parading around in a sarong, the former Manchester United, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain man has never been one to shy away from experimentation.

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