Oil analysts desperate for any insight into the murky world of China's economy are resorting to old-fashioned shoe-leather research, often with a high-tech twist.
"Let your repentance salt my shoeleather," I said presently, " and then, as I lately sheathed my blade of anger, so sheath you my blade of love."
“你的悔意只配擦我的皮鞋，”我当即就说，“方才我收起愤怒之剑时，也收起了对你的爱情之剑。”
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At the first sight I found there were indeed five or six cuts on each shoe, but all the openings were covered by soft red leather sewed with thick thread.