Sentence examples of "modest" in English
The union was modest in its wage demands.
Le syndicat fut modéré dans ses revendications salariales.
Their modest income doesn't allow for many luxuries.
Leur revenu modeste ne leur permet pas beaucoup de gâteries.
On this day in 1887 appeared in Warsaw a booklet of Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof about the "International Language". Its size was modest, its motto ambitious: "For a language to be an international one, is not enough to call it as such." The name of the author was given as "Dr. Esperanto".
Ce jour-là de 1887, parut à Varsovie, une brochure de Louis Lazare Zamenhof traitant de « Langue Internationale ». Sa taille était modeste, sa devise ambitieuse : « Pour qu'une langue soit internationale, il ne suffit pas de la nommer ainsi. » Comme nom d'auteur était indiqué : « Docteur Espéranto ».
She is a popular musician but very modest.
C'est une musicienne populaire mais elle est très humble.
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