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  2. English collocations - Wikipedia

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    Skilled users of the language can produce effects such as humor by varying the normal patterns of collocation. This approach is popular with poets, journalists and advertisers. Collocations may seem natural to native writers and speakers, but are not obvious to non-native speakers.

  3. Sandal - Wikipedia

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    People may choose to wear sandals for several reasons, among them comfort in warm weather, economy (sandals tend to require less material than shoes and are usually easier to construct), and as a fashion choice. Usually, people wear sandals in warmer climates or during warmer parts of the year in order to keep their feet cool and dry.

  4. Footwear - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S., the annual footwear industry revenue was $48 billion in 2012. In 2015, there were about 29,000 shoe stores in the U.S. and the shoe industry employed about 189,000 people. [47] Due to rising imports, these numbers are also declining. The only way of staying afloat in the shoe market is to establish a presence in niche markets. [48]

  5. List of shoe styles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of shoe styles and designs. A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while doing various activities. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture, with appearance originally being tied to function.

  6. Collocation - Wikipedia

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    Rather than select a single definition, Gledhill [3] proposes that collocation involves at least three different perspectives: co-occurrence, a statistical view, which sees collocation as the recurrent appearance in a text of a node and its collocates; [4] [5] [6] construction, which sees collocation either as a correlation between a lexeme and ...

  7. Discalced - Wikipedia

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    The origins of discalceation lie in Exodus 3:5, [2] where God tells Moses: "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground". A separate custom in Biblical times of taking off only one shoe as part of a socially witnessed contract is referred to in Ruth 4:7 [3] and Deuteronomy 25:9: [4]

  8. Geta (footwear) - Wikipedia

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    A pair of geta. Geta (pl. geta) [1] are traditional Japanese footwear resembling flip-flops.A kind of sandal, geta have a flat wooden base elevated with up to three (though commonly two) "teeth", held on the foot with a fabric thong, which keeps the foot raised above the ground.

  9. Socks and sandals - Wikipedia

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    Wearing socks and sandals is considered rather unaesthetic in the Czech Republic; however, some people prefer socks and sandals, and a part of the population prefers both the options (sandals with and without socks). [11] In Israel, socks and sandals are stereotypically associated with immigrants from the former Soviet Union. [12] [13] [14]