Chopsticks are traditionally placed in brides dowries.
筷子在传统上是被当作新娘的嫁妆。
He failed the examination but he didn't seem to care.
他考试不及格却似乎并不在乎。
and slipping through we no longer take omens from their flight on this side and that; and even the most superstitious villagers no longer take off their hats to the magpie and wish it good-morning.