My father became a distinguished barrister and in due course took silk.

我父亲成了一个杰出的律师，并最终成了国王的法律顾问。

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After the French Revolution, men took off their high heels, silk stockings, and wigs and began wearing trousers.

法国大革命之后，男人脱掉了他们的高跟鞋、丝质长袜和假发，并开始穿裤子。

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He put on his decent coat, knotted a silk handkerchief round his neck, took his hat, and went out, without making any more noise than if he had been treading on moss with bare feet.

他穿上那身勉强过得去的衣服，颈子上结一方围巾，拿起帽子，好象赤着脚在青苔上走路那样一点声息也没有，溜出去了。

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It took more than a million of them to produce that much silk.

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The first public step of the journey - yes, go on then, the Silk route - took place this morning in a corner of the Wales Office.

BBC: First step taken the Silk route in Wales

Tadashi Shoji took his guests on journey to the Silk Road, opening his show with a dress that borrowed its color and ornamentation from blue and white Ming dynasty vases.

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There, she scooped up swatches of cotton, linen, denim and imitation silk--the real stuff is unkind to silkworms--and took them to Italian shoemakers.

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