He had met his old lady when he was a house painter and she was a waitress.

他认识他老婆的时候还是个油漆工，而她是个女服务员。

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Drop by to see leading painter Fadi Yazigi at his atelier in the Jewish quarter and visit the house of artist Mustafa Ali.

顺道拜访一下叙利亚现在最出名的画家Fadi Yazigi在犹太人区的画室，还能参观艺术家Mustafa Ali的房子。

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The son of a bankrupt bookseller, he had gone to work as a house-painter at eighteen, and then served three years in France and India during the war.

他父亲是个破了产的书商，他十八岁就工作了，当房屋油漆工，然后打仗时，去法国和印度服役三年，之后又在那里待了几年。

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Among the most notable Italian artists in the show, Michele Gordigiani was one of Fabbri's Florentine teachers, and the official portrait painter of the House of Savoy.

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The entire family was at risk, according to Rimsha's father - a slight man with a hunted look, who used to earn his living as a house painter.

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