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adjective ((of a task etc) very difficult or requiring very hard work: Digging the garden is a backbreaking job.) éreintant -
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[bæk] 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) dos2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) dos3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) arrière4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) arrière2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) de derrière3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) de retour2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) en arrière3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) en arrière4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) en retour5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) en arrière4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) faire marche arrière2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) soutenir3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) miser sur•- backer- backbite - backbiting - backbone - backbreaking - backdate - backfire - background - backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) en revers, penché à gauche- backlog- back-number - backpack - backpacking: go backpacking - backpacker - backside - backslash - backstroke - backup - backwash - backwater - backyard - back down - back of - back on to - back out - back up - have one's back to the wall - put someone's back up - take a back seat
См. также в других словарях:
backbreaking — index onerous, operose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
backbreaking — [adj] strenuous arduous, exhausting, grueling, hard, laborious, punishing, taxing, toilsome, wearisome; concept 538 … New thesaurus
backbreaking — [bak′brāk΄iŋ] adj. requiring great physical exertion … English World dictionary
backbreaking — adjective characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling campaign hard labor heavy work heavy going spent many laborious hours on the project set a punishing … Useful english dictionary
backbreaking — adjective Date: 1851 extremely arduous, exhausting, or demoralizing ; oppressive < backbreaking labor > < backbreaking rents > • backbreaker noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
backbreaking — backbreaker, n. /bak bray king/, adj. demanding great effort, endurance, etc.; exhausting: a backbreaking job. Also, back breaking. [1780 90; BACK1 + BREAK + ING2] * * * … Universalium
backbreaking — back|break|ing [ˈbækbreıkıŋ] adj backbreaking work is physically difficult and makes you very tired … Dictionary of contemporary English
backbreaking — back|break|ing [ bæk,breıkıŋ ] adjective physically very hard and tiring: Cleaning all the floors was backbreaking work … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
backbreaking — adjective backbreaking work is physically very difficult and makes you very tired … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
backbreaking — UK [ˈbækˌbreɪkɪŋ] / US adjective physically very hard and tiring Cleaning all the floors was backbreaking work … English dictionary
backbreaking — back•break•ing [[t]ˈbækˌbreɪ kɪŋ[/t]] adj. demanding great effort, endurance, etc.: a backbreaking job[/ex] • Etymology: 1780–90 back′break er, n … From formal English to slang
