Mr. Kapasi knew that his wife had little regard for his career as an interpreter. He new it reminded her of the son she’d lost, and that ***she resented the other lives he helped, in his own small way, to save***. ***If ever*** she referred to his position, she used the phrase “doctor’s assistant,” as if the process of interpretation were equal to taking someone’s temperature, or changing a bedpan. She never asked him about the patients who came to the doctor’s office, or said that his job was a big responsibility.



 A. Would you please in a more readily way teach me what the bold sentence mean? especially the following phrases:

 in his own small way

 if ever

 Any help would be greatly appreciated 




 Extracted from the book" Interpreter of Maladies" by Lahiri 

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