An elderly woman was strewing the floor with chalk so that the dancing shoes would not slip.

一位老妇人正在往地板上撒滑石粉以防止舞鞋打滑。

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If a woman asks' blue or gold? 'when selecting shoes, it's important that a man does not give an answer.

假如一个女人在选择鞋子时问你‘蓝色还是金色’，男人们切记，不要正面回答。

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As part of her dowry, a woman would make several pairs of shoes as proof of her needlework ability, as well as her small feet.

作为嫁妆的一部分，一个女人会做几双鞋证明她的女红手艺跟小脚一样优秀。

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In 1940, three years after her disappearance, the historic aircraft group's website states, a British official "found a partial skeleton of a castaway on a remote part of the island, " along with evidence of a "campfire, animal bones, a box that had once contained a sextant" and remnants of a man's and a woman's shoes.

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For example, the woman who bought Gucci shoes would not spend more money on first class airfare.

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He says : Contrary to a woman's ensemble, shoes rarely make a man's outfit, but they can often break it.

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