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Meaning of shoe in English
put on/take off your shoes Okay, children, it's time to put on/take off your shoes.
do up/lace up your shoes Hurry and do up/lace up your shoes.
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the other shoe
wait for the other shoe to drop After the attacks, everyone found themselves waiting for the other shoe to drop.
wait for the other shoe to fall I'm waiting for the other shoe to fall, to get a call saying this has all been a dream.
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(Definition of shoe from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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These usually exhibited manufactured goods, both local and imported, such as ready-made clothes, shoes, hats, crystal, leather goods or artistic crafts like photographs and pottery.
This requires that both the producers and the government which are the main stakeholders in shoe production should work together.
This shows how competition has forced producers to pay attention to different issues that enter the design of shoes.
All of them wear elaborate headdresses, capes, shoes, and different types of personal ornaments.
The cameraman follows them inside, pausing briefly over a pile of shoes (10-15 pair) at the door.
Simple modifications to the patient's own footwear include shoe raises to correct leg-length discrepancy, a frequent cause of back and leg pain.
Second, firms have learned that they must continuously change the design of their shoes in order to match the needs and demands of the market.
Similarly, one comparative disadvantage of local shoe production is the use of manual methods and obsolete technologies.
Local shoe makers continue to struggle to stay in the market.
The latter were formed around refugee occupation groups such as weavers and shoe makers as well as localities.
The prince bought all the shoes for a sum of 10,000 pieces, distributed them among the people.
The children - the ' goodies' - all wear a light and dark blue school uniform and black shoes.
They were possibly introduced via shoes and equipment.
They politely take off their shoes and enter into the front room whose furniture has been replaced by plastic mats.
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Translations of shoe
in Chinese (Traditional)
鞋, （同horseshoe）, 給（馬）釘蹄鐵…
in Chinese (Simplified)
鞋, （同horseshoe）, 给（马）钉蹄铁…
in Spanish
zapato, herradura, zapato [masculine…
in Portuguese
sapato, sapato [masculine]…
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chaussure [feminine], chaussure, fer à cheval…
schoen, hoefijzer, beslaan…
உங்கள் கால்களுக்கான ஒரு ஜோடி உறைகளில் ஒன்று, பொதுவாக தோல் போன்ற வலுவான பொருளால் ஆனது, அடர்த்தியான தோல் அல்லது பிளாஸ்டிக் ஒரே (=அடிப்படை) மற்றும் பொதுவாக ஒரு குதிகால்…
kasut, ladam, memasang ladam…
der Schuh, das Hufeisen, beschlagen…
sko [masculine], sko, hestesko…
střevíc, polobotka, podkova…
sepatu, ladam, sepatu kuda…
รองเท้า, เกือกม้า, สวมรองเท้า…
giày, sắt bịt móng, đi giày…
scarpa, ferro di cavallo, calzare…
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