He says start off asking for a lot, then step back to something more modest.

他说以更多要求开始，以适度的要求结束。

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He says he never went hungry, but his parents made only a modest living selling merchandise door-to-door, on instalment plans.

他说自己从来不用忍饥挨饿，但靠着父母上门推销分期付款的商品所挣的收入，也只能缩衣节食地过日子。

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As a matter of fact, I find she is very modest and always says that she did not study hard in college and her English is extremely poor.

我其实觉得她很谦虚，老是说她大学在混日子，英语也学得很差，可是我就算没有见过她，我也觉得她的外语肯定不会差的。

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But at a press conference in Paris, the researchers says it produced only modest results.

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The U.N.report says the world's economy is beginning to show signs of modest recovery.

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"We're doing a very good job, but we're very modest, " says Chino.

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"Long Island is continuing to slip, but a modest amount, " says Jonathan Miller, president of Miller Samuel, a New York-based real estate appraisal and consultancy firm.

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"If it becomes just a toy in the box of a Happy Meal, then we're just a promotional company and we'll make a modest profit, " says investor Bippy Siegal, chairman of Raycliff Investments in New York.

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