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  • 11back */*/*/ — I UK [bæk] / US adverb 1) a) in the direction that is behind you Don t look back, but there s a man following us. He asked us to move back a few yards. b) in a position where your back is leaning backwards lean/sit/lie back: She leant back in her …

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  • 12back — I. /bæk / (say bak) noun 1. the hinder part of the human body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine. 2. the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human back. 3. the rear portion of any part or organ of the body: the back of… …

  • 13lying on one's back — resting horizontally on the back side, lying prostrate on the back …

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  • 14back*/*/*/ — [bæk] adv I 1) returning to a place or position Put those CDs back where you found them.[/ex] Can we go back to what we were talking about earlier?[/ex] 2) returning to an earlier state or condition We re hoping things will be back to normal… …

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  • 15Back River — Infobox River river name = Back River caption = origin =Muskox Lake, NWT mouth = basin countries = Canada length = 715 mi/1,150 km long elevation = mouth elevation = discharge = Chantrey Inlet watershed = Cockburn BayBack River ( Thlewechodyeth …

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  • 16Lying Jim Townsend — James William Emery Townsend (1838 1900), more commonly known as Lying Jim, was the original of Bret Harte’s “Truthful James,” the source of Mark Twain’s Jumping Frog story, and much more. According to The Western Literature Association, Townsend …

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  • 17back — 1. Posterior aspect of trunk, below neck and above buttocks; 2. Vertebral column with associated muscles (erector spinae and transversospinalis) and overlying integument. See dorsum. adolescent round b …

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  • 18back lands — A term of no very definite import, but generally signifying lands lying back from (not contiguous to) a highway or a water course …

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  • 19back lands — A term of no very definite import, but generally signifying lands lying back from (not contiguous to) a highway or a water course …

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  • 20lie back — intransitive verb 1. : to lean backward against a support lay back in his chair and dozed off 2. : to cease from strenuous effort or activity after a busy life he was content to lie back and take life easy * * * lie back 1. To lean back on a… …

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