threadbare

D'abord de tous tu dois faire cirer vos chaussures (2 drachmes) par un de ces jeunes entrepreneurs omniprésents qui s'asseyent sur leur shineshop portatif tandis que tu représentes le rituel quotidien au lequel aucun bon Athénien, toutefois threadbare, ne renoncera.
First of all you must have your shoes shined (2 drachmas) by one of those ubiquitous young entrepreneurs who sit on their portable shineshop while you stand for the daily ritual which no good Athenian, however threadbare, will forego.
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