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B adv1 ( in a reverse direction) [walk, crawl] à reculons ; [lean, step, fall] en arrière ; to face backwards [person] tourner le dos ; to move backwards reculer ; facing backwards ( in train) dans le sens contraire de la marche ; to be facing backwards avoir le dos tourné ; to travel backwards and forwards faire la navette (between entre) ; to walk backwards and forwards faire des allées et venues ; to swing backwards and forwards se balancer ; ⇒ bend ;2 ( starting from the end) [count] à rebours ; [play, wind] à l'envers ; to say ou recite sth backwards dire qch en commençant par la fin ;3 ( the wrong way round) to put sth on backwards mettre qch devant-derrière or à l'envers ; to get sth backwards fig mal comprendre [message, instructions] ; you've got it all backwards! tu as tout mélangé! ;4 ( thoroughly) to know sth backwards connaître qch par cœur.
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