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/bæk/ adjectif A2

En français : de derrière, postérieur, écarté

  1. At or near the rear. · Go in the back door of the house.
  2. Returned or restored to a previous place or condition. · He was on vacation, but now he’s back.· The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back.
  3. Not current. · I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.
  4. Situated away from the main or most frequented areas. · They took a back road.· He lives out in the back country.
  5. In arrears; overdue. · They still owe three months’ back rent.
  6. Moving or operating backward. · back action
  7. Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel). · The vowel of lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England.
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The Scarecrow went sorrowfully back to his friends and told them what Oz had said; and Dorothy was surprised to find that the Great Wizard was not a Head, as she had seen him, but a lovely Lady.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 72 · B2
She left Dorothy alone and went back to the others.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 66 · B2
“Then the murderer, or whoever it was, first took off this ring you call the nugget ring, then the wedding ring, and afterwards put the nugget ring back again.”
The Valley of Fear, p. 32 · C1
“Father,” said Mercédès, stopping when she had reached the centre of the table, “sit, I pray you, on my right hand; on my left I will place him who has ever been as a brother to me,” pointing with a soft and gentle smile to Fernand; but her words and look seemed to inflict the direst torture on him, for his lips became ghastly pale, and even beneath the dark hue of his complexion the blood might be seen retreating as though some sudden pang drove it back to the heart.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 24 · C1

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