Being a modest person, he was content to play second fiddle to others.

作为一个谦虚者, 他愿意居于他人的次要位置。

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He is a very modest person.

他是位非常谦逊的人。

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I am not a modest person.

我并不是一个谦虚的人。

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Roy was an extremely modest person who did so much good work for the people of Norfolk which he would never mention.

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To this august academic audience he choose to speak of a more modest person, he spoke about the person in the arena.

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But the fact is that when you build a life for two (or more) on low to modest incomes and one person leaves, you both feel it desperately.

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