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humble ['hʌmbəl]∎ please accept my humble apologies veuillez accepter mes humbles excuses;∎ in my humble opinion à mon humble avis;∎ figurative to eat humble pie faire de plates excuses, faire amende honorable;∎ to force sb to eat humble pie forcer qn à se rétracter;∎ your humble servant (in letter) veuillez agréer, Monsieur, l'assurance de mes sentiments les plus respectueux∎ she has humble origins elle a des origines modestes;∎ to come from a humble background venir d'un milieu modeste;∎ humorous welcome to my humble abode bienvenue dans mon humble ou ma modeste demeure;∎ literary the humble violet l'humble violette fhumilier, mortifier;∎ to humble oneself before sb s'humilier devant qn;∎ a severe defeat may humble his pride un échec sérieux servira peut-être à le rendre moins orgueilleux;∎ it was a humbling experience c'était une expérience humiliante
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