Jacobo sat and waited for the bootblack in his shop.
Jacobo s'assit et attendit le cireur dans sa boutique.
The bootblack looked at the man's clumpy shoes with disgust.
Le cireur de chaussures regarda avec dégoût les chaussures grossières et massives de l'homme.
I read the newspaper while the bootblack shined my shoes.
Je me suis mis à lire le journal pendant que le cireur de chaussures me cirait les souliers.
For a couple of years, he worked as a bootblack on the street, near Piccadilly.
Pendant quelques années, il a travaillé comme cireur de chaussures dans la rue, près de Piccadilly.
The hotel bootblack picks up and polishes the shoes that guests leave outside the door of their room.
Le cireur de chaussures de l'hôtel ramasse et cire les chaussures que les clients laissent devant la porte de leur chambre.
I broke in as a bootblack, you know.
J'ai commencé comme cireur de chaussures.
The bootblack polished my shoes till they look like new.
Le cireur de chaussures a fait briller mes souliers jusqu'à ce qu'ils aient l'air neufs.
I broke in as a bootblack, you know.
J'ai débuté en jouant les Noirs.
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