French-English translations for faire la révérence

• bow
  The musician bowed his violin expertly.
  The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
  Cronenberg’s "Cosmopolis" bows in Cannes this week.
• curtsey
  I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.
  The hotels staff variously curtsied, nodded, and bowed to the owner as she passed.

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