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21 backwards
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. -
22 turn around
1) ( to face other way) [person] se retourner; [bus, vehicle] faire demi-touryou can't just turn around and say you've changed your mind — fig tu ne peux pas tout simplement dire que tu as changé d'avis
2) (revolve, rotate) [object, windmill, dancer] tourner3) ( change trend)turn [something] around, turn around [something]4) ( to face other way) tourner [quelque chose] dans l'autre sens [object]5) ( reverse decline in) redresser [situation, economy, company]6) ( rephrase) reformuler [question, sentence] -
23 invert
[in'və:t](to turn upside down or reverse the order of.) inverser- inverted commas -
24 reversed
adjective (in the opposite state, position, order etc: Once he worked for me. Now our positions are reversed and I work for him.) reversé, inverse -
25 role
role n Theat, fig rôle m (as comme ; in dans) ; in the role of dans le rôle de ; to reverse roles permuter les rôles ; to take a role interpréter un rôle ; leading/supporting role lit, fig rôle principal/secondaire ; title role rôle-titre m ; vital role, key role fig rôle primordial.
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