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Original Text:- Oui, ma chère, mon mari a ravalé ma dignité de femme jusqu'à me forcer ce matin à recoudre un bouton de bretelle!....... - Jour de ma vie, si un homme me forçait à travailler à sa culotte!..
Translation:- Yes, my dear... just imagine... this morning he forced me to sew on one of his buttons! How dare he reduce my female dignity in such a way! - That'd be the day, if a man forced me to work on his knickers!