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modest background

collocation in English

meanings of modestand background


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modest
adjective
uk /ˈmɒd.ɪst/ us /ˈmɑː.dɪst/
not large in size or amount, or ...
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background
noun
uk /ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/ us /ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
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Examples of modest background


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We assume a modestbackground in elementary category theory.
The visitor was euphemistically described as somebody of modestbackground.
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She comes from a modestbackground.
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I was one of seven children from a very modestbackground; each of us had the benefit of six years in higher education.
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He came from a modestbackground, and ended up in a home when his parents divorced.
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He had a first failed marriage with a rich woman and came from modestbackground.
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He came from modestbackground, working as a baker in his youth.
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One in which someone from a modestbackground can get on in life so as to make life a little easier for his or her children.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I particularly refer to the position of someone from a family of relatively modestbackground but whose income is above the cut-off level for remission of fees.
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Hansard archive

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His family came from modestbackground but his father laboured hard to provide for the entire family.
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Coming from a modestbackground, he knows how much a structured and well targeted assistance can change things and improve lives.
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