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HUMBLE

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humble I. adjectiv

1. umil; smerit, spăşit; plecat;

in my humble opinion după umila mea părere;

your humble servant umila dv. slugă, supusul dv.

2. umil, modest, simplu;

to spring from humble stock a fi de origine modestă.

3. umil, sărac, sărăcăcios, sărman.

humble II. verb A. tranzitiv

a umili, a înjosi, a smeri.

humble II. verb B. reflexiv

a se umili, a se înjosi.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

With hearty thanks and best wishes, I remain 'Your grateful friend and humble servant, JAMES LAURENCE'.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Indeed, Isabella, you are too humble.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

They will have a great deal of money, and you will have none: it is your place to be humble, and to try to make yourself agreeable to them.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Here, Mrs. Heep broke out again, crying on her knees to Agnes to interfere in their behalf, exclaiming that he was very humble, and it was all true, and if he didn't do what we wanted, she would, and much more to the same purpose; being half frantic with fears for her darling.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He alone knows what may be, and I pray Him, with all the strength of my sad and humble soul, that He will watch over my beloved husband; that whatever may happen, Jonathan may know that I loved him and honoured him more than I can say, and that my latest and truest thought will be always for him.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

You owe a very humble apology to that noble lad, your son, who has carried himself in this matter as I should be proud to see my own son do, should I ever chance to have one.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And now, Dr. Huxtable, when you have consumed that milk, you will kindly tell me what has happened, when it happened, how it happened, and, finally, what Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, of the Priory School, near Mackleton, has to do with the matter, and why he comes three days after an event—the state of your chin gives the date—to ask for my humble services.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She had been quite overlooked by her cousins; and as her own opinion of her claims on Sir Thomas's affection was much too humble to give her any idea of classing herself with his children, she was glad to remain behind and gain a little breathing-time.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

When their places were determined on, and they were all properly arranged, she looked round to see if he should happen to be in the same part of the room, but he was not; her eye could not reach him; and the concert being just opening, she must consent for a time to be happy in a humbler way.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

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