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Vocabulaire: shoes
It may be pleasant to be bare-footed and walk on warm sand, for instance.
Many civilizations do not protect their feet: others feel the need to wear
protections on their feet: shoes, of all sorts!
1. ALL ABOUT SHOES:
| a shoe/ a pair of shoes |
| the sole |
| the heel |
| to wear high heels |
| high-heeled shoes |
| stiletto heels |
| platform shoes |
| flat shoes |
| patent shoes |
| a strap |
| a shoelace/ a shoestring |
to lace up one's shoes / to do one's shoes up |
| a shoehorn |
- To put one's shoes on ///// to take one's shoes off
| a boot |
| tight boots |
| wellingtons/ wellies |
| mocassins/ loafers |
| pumps/ court shoes |
| a sandal |
| a clog |
| canvas shoes |
| trainers/ sneakers |
| slippers |
| a shoeshop |
| footwear |
the shoe repairer/ the cobbler/ the shoe mender |
| shoe polish/ shoe cream |
| to polish one's shoes |
| to pinch |
- To have one's shoes mended/ to have one's shoes repaired
- To have a pair of shoes resoled
- Can I try these sneakers on, please?
2. DO YOU KNOW WHAT SIZE YOU ARE?
Be careful when "converting" sizes in Anglo-Saxon countries! 
: a European size will correspond to different Anglo-Saxon sizes for men and women...
| EUROPE | 35 | 35.5 | 36 | 37 | 37.5 | 38 | 38.5 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 |
| UNITED KINGDOM, men | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 10 | 11 |
| UNITED KINGDOM, women | 2.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 9.5 | 10.5 |
| USA and CANADA, men | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| USA and CANADA, women | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.5 | 12 | 13 |
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3. EXPRESSIONS and IDIOMS:
- To be as comfortable/ common/ tough/ as an old shoe: Very familiar or comfortable
- It's another pair of shoes: Entirely different
- To be in someone's shoes: to share a particular experience or circumstance with someone
To be in someone's shoes...
- Another pair of shoes to fill: very high standards
- Daddy/ Mammy/ the baby/ needs new shoes: hoping to get good luck in a game of chance:
- Don't judge someone until you have walked (a mile) in their shoes...understand another person's
perspectives
- Dead men's shoes: to await one's inheritance
- ... where the shoe pinches... Where trouble or stress originates
- If the shoe fits, wear it: acknowledge or accept responsibility or blame
- To shake/ quake in one's shoes: to be very nervous or afraid
- If the shoe were on the other foot...: If the roles were reversed
- A shoestring budget: a budget that is very meager or just enough to suit its purpose.
I hope you're comfortable in your shoes, and will be even better after the coming test! 
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