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[tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#m3) ### In the lessons Maths: things counted, often in pairs; prices of shoes; shoe sizes. Everyday: put on your shoes, tie your shoelaces, school shoes, running shoes. Phrases: «in someone's shoes» means in their situation. ### Examples - A pair of shoes costs $30. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x1) - She has 6 pairs of shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x2) - How many shoes are in 4 pairs? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x3) - The shop sold 18 shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x4) - Take off your shoes at the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x5) - I can tie my shoelaces by myself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x6) - The blacksmith put new shoes on the horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x7) - Try to put yourself in her shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x8) - The Queen pulled off her shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x9) ### Note Countable: a shoe, shoes. A pair is 2 shoes; check whether shoes or pairs are counted. Trap: «6 pairs of shoes» is 12 shoes. «Shoe» rhymes with «two»; do not confuse it with «shoo» (go away!). ## In Jewish tradition Moses is told to take off his shoes at the burning bush. The shoe-loosing rite, chalitzah, frees a man from marrying his brother's widow. In Ruth, a kinsman draws off his shoe to seal giving up his right to redeem. The Gibeonites show worn shoes to prove a long journey, and in the Psalms God casts His shoe upon Edom, a sign of claiming it. **Interpretation.** Priests served in the sanctuary barefoot, and the shoe-removal teaches that holy places need humility. The tradition reads the shoe in Ruth as the custom of confirming a transaction, and casting a shoe on Edom as a sign of mastery. ### Examples - And his name shall be called in Israel The house of him that had his shoe loosed. (Torah DEU.25.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoe/#x1) - that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich; (Torah GEN.14.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoe/#x2) - And He said: 'Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.' (Torah EXO.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoe/#x3) - And these our garments and our shoes are worn by reason of the very long journey.' (Prophets JOS.9.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoe/#x4) - So the near kinsman said unto Boaz: 'Buy it for thyself.' And he drew off his shoe. (Writings RUT.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoe/#x5) - Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; Philistia, cry aloud because of me! (Writings PSA.60.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoe/#x6) ### Note Countable: a shoe, shoes. A pair is 2 shoes; check whether shoes or pairs are counted. Trap: «6 pairs of shoes» is 12 shoes. «Shoe» rhymes with «two»; do not confuse it with «shoo» (go away!). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «shoe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«shoe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shoe.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «shoe» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«shoe» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/shoe.html) on Mova free.