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go back (to return to a place) verb [UK: ɡəʊ ˈbæk] [US: ˈɡoʊ ˈbæk] | rentrer◼◼◼verbe |
go back (to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something) verb [UK: ɡəʊ ˈbæk] [US: ˈɡoʊ ˈbæk] | revenir◼◼◼verbe |
go back on (fail to keep, renege on) verb [UK: ɡəʊ ˈbæk ɒn] [US: ˈɡoʊ ˈbæk ɑːn] | revenir sur◼◼◼verbe |
green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes) noun | colibri du Chilinom {m} |
hardback (having a solid binding) adjective [UK: ˈhɑːd.bæk] [US: ˈhɑːrd.ˌbæk] | relié◼◼◼adjectifThe girl was carrying several books, not textbooks but thick hardback books. = La fille portait plusieurs livres, pas des manuels mais d'épais livres reliés. |
hardback [hardbacks] (a book with a solid binding) noun [UK: ˈhɑːd.bæk] [US: ˈhɑːrd.ˌbæk] | livre relié◼◼◻nom {m} |
hatchback (a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards) noun [UK: ˈhætʃ.bæk] [US: ˈhæʧ.ˌbæk] | hayon◼◼◼nom {m} |
have eyes in the back of one's head (perceived ability to see) verb | |
horseback (on the back of a horse) adverb [UK: ˈhɔːs.bæk] [US: ˈhɔːrˌs.bæk] | à cheval◼◼◼adverbe |
humpback [humpbacks] (humped back) noun [UK: ˈhʌmp bæk] [US: ˈhʌmp.ˌbæk] | bosse◼◼◼nom {f} |
humpback [humpbacks] (humpbacked person) noun [UK: ˈhʌmp bæk] [US: ˈhʌmp.ˌbæk] | bossu◼◼◻nom {m} bossue◼◻◻nom {f} |
humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) noun [UK: ˈhʌmp bæk weɪl] [US: ˈhʌmp.ˌbæk ˈweɪl] | baleine à bosse◼◼◼nom |
humpbacked (having a hump on the back) adjective [UK: ˈhʌmp bækt] [US: ˈhʌmp bækt] | bossu◼◼◼adjectif |
hunchback [hunchbacks] (derogatory: person with kyphosis) noun [UK: ˈhʌntʃ.bæk] [US: ˈhʌnʧ.ˌbæk] | bossu◼◼◼nom {m}He is hunchbacked. = Il est bossu. bossue◼◼◻nom {f} |
keep back (restrict or restrain) verb [UK: kiːp ˈbæk] [US: ˈkiːp ˈbæk] | retenir◼◼◼verbe |
kickback [kickbacks] (covert payment in return for a favor) noun [UK: ˈkɪk.bæk] [US: ˈkɪk.ˌbæk] | rétrocommissionnom {f} |
knock back (stun, surprise) verb | renverser◼◼◼verbe |
knock back (drink an alcoholic beverage swiftly) verb | lever le coudeverbe |
know like the back of one's hand (be intimately knowledgable about) verb [UK: nəʊ ˈlaɪk ðə ˈbæk əv wʌnz hænd] [US: ˈnoʊ ˈlaɪk ðə ˈbæk əv wʌnz ˈhænd] | |
laid-back (relaxed and easy-going) adjective | décontracté◼◼◼adjectif facile à vivre◼◻◻adjectif sympathiqueadjectif |
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) noun [UK: ˈle.ðərˌ.bæk] [US: ˈle.ðər.ˌbæk] | tortue luth◼◼◼nom |
lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) noun | Goéland brun◼◼◼nom {m} |
look back (reminisce about the past) verb [UK: lʊk ˈbæk] [US: ˈlʊk ˈbæk] | se remémorer◼◼◼verbe |
look back (look behind oneself) verb [UK: lʊk ˈbæk] [US: ˈlʊk ˈbæk] | regarder derrière soi◼◼◻verbe |
lower back (the lumbar region) noun | bas du dos◼◼◼nom |
Monday-morning quarterback noun | inspecteur des travaux finisnom {m} |
olive-backed pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) noun | pipit à dos olive◼◼◼nom {m} |
olive-backed sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) noun | |
outback [outbacks] (the most remote and desolate areas of Australia) noun [UK: ˈaʊt.bæk] [US: ˈaʊt.ˌbæk] | outback◼◼◼nom {m} |
paperback (having flexible binding) adjective [UK: ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk] [US: ˈpeɪ.pər.ˌbæk] | broché◼◼◼adjectif |
paperback [paperbacks] noun [UK: ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk] [US: ˈpeɪ.pər.ˌbæk] | livre broché◼◻◻nom {m} |
pay back (to repay) verb [UK: peɪ ˈbæk] [US: ˈpeɪ ˈbæk] | rembourser◼◼◼verbe rendre◼◼◻verbe |
pay back (to exact revenge) verb [UK: peɪ ˈbæk] [US: ˈpeɪ ˈbæk] | rendre la pareille◼◻◻verbe |