Значение back в русском языке

• 0 where someone or something was before -- обратно

  • I'll be back in Sydney on the 20th.

  • When do you go back to college?

  • I put it back in the cupboard.

• 1 in a direction behind you -- назад

  • Anna stepped back.

  • Flint leaned back in his chair.

• 2 as a reply or reaction to something -- в ответ

  • UK to ring back/ US to call back

  • I signalled to her and she waved back.

• 3 to the state something or someone was in before -- снова

  • Hopefully things will get back to normal again now.

  • I'm sure we can put it back together again (= repair it).

  • Try to go back to sleep.

• 4 at or to an earlier time -- (много лет) назад

  • We first met back in 1973.

  • Looking back, I think we did the right thing.

• 5 in a direction away from something -- в сторону, в стороне от

  • He pulled back the curtain.

  • The house was a short distance back from the road.

• 6 in one direction, then the opposite way, then in the original direction again many times -- взад и вперед

  • He has to travel back and forth between London and Paris every week.

• 7 the part of something that is furthest from the front or in the opposite direction to the front -- оборотная сторона, задняя часть

  • He wrote his number down on the back of an envelope.

  • We were sitting near the back and couldn't see much.

  • I always keep a blanket in the back of the car.

• 8 the part of your body from your shoulders to your bottom -- спина

  • back injuries/pain

  • He was lying on his back.

• 9 the part of a seat that you lean against when you are sitting -- спинка

  • the back of a chair

• 10 with the back part of something where the front should be -- задом наперед

  • You've got your trousers on back to front.

• 11 behind -- за, позади

  • They sat in back of us on the plane.

• 12 to give support or help to a person, plan, or idea -- поддерживать

  • He backed Mr Clark in the recent election.

  • Parents backed the idea by more than two to one.

• 13 to risk money by saying that you think a horse, team, etc will win a race, game, or competition in order to win more money if they do -- ставить (на кого-либо/что-либо)

  • Many people are backing Holyfield to win the fight.

• 14 to move backwards or drive backwards -- отступать, ехать задним ходом

  • She saw he had a gun and backed away.

  • He backed into a wall when he was trying to park.

• 15 at or near the back of something -- задний

  • back door/page

  • I put it in the back pocket of my jeans.

• 16 a very small road or street that goes behind or between buildings -- отдаленная дорога/глухая улица