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backward

/ˈbækwɚd/ verbe C2
  1. To keep back, to delay, to retard. (dated, transitive)

He/she/it backwards · Prétérit backwarded · Participe passé backwarded · Forme en -ing backwarding

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Forme de base
backward
He/she/it
backwards
Prétérit
backwarded
Participe passé
backwarded
Forme en -ing
backwarding

Dans la bibliothèque

We beg them to take one step backward, and to transport themselves, the morning of that day of great catastrophes, into the showy, gilded salon we have before shown them, and which was the pride of its owner, Baron Danglars.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 947 · C1
The Lion, although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalidahs, and then he gave so loud and terrible a roar that Dorothy screamed and the Scarecrow fell over backward, while even the fierce beasts stopped short and looked at him in surprise.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 41 · B2
The Sheep, much against his will, carried her backward and forward for a long time, and at last said, “If you had treated a dog in this way, you would have had your deserts from his sharp teeth.” To this the Crow replied, “I despise the weak and yield to the strong.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 94 · B2
“’Tis nothing, nothing; it will soon pass away”—and as he said so the old man’s strength failed him, and he fell backwards.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 13 · C1

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