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1 backward
'bækwəd1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) bakoverrettet, tilbake2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) tilbakestående, seint utviklet3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) underutviklet, tilbakestående•- backwards
- backwards and forwards
- bend/fall over backwards Iadj. \/ˈbækwəd\/1) baklengs, bakoverrettet2) underutviklet, sent utviklet, lite begavetnot backward in something ikke sjenert når det gjelder noeIIadv. \/ˈbækwəd\/se ➢ backwards -
2 backwards
1) (towards the back: He glanced backwards.) baklengs, bakover, tilbake2) (with one's back facing the direction one is going in: The child walked backwards into a lamp-post.) baklengs3) (in the opposite way to that which is usual: Can you count from 1 to 10 backwards? (= starting at 10 and counting to 1).) baklengs, bakfrabakvendtadv. \/ˈbækwədz\/ eller backwardbak(lengs), bakover, tilbakebackwards and forwards frem og tilbake, hit og ditknow something backwards kunne noe utenat, kunne noe forlengs og baklengslean\/bend\/fall over backwards for someone\/something ( overført) gjøre sitt ytterste for noe(n), gjøre alt for noe(n)
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