Kilo Lingo

#758 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

back (of the body)

Examples

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He lay on his back and looked at the sky.

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The child slept on his father's back.

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She turned her back on me.

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I feel a pain in my back.

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There was a name on the back of the paper.

is a thing, not a place. That matters, because English "back" does both jobs and learners reach for when they want . Behind the house is ; the back of the house is only if you are being deliberately anatomical. The body part extends politely to objects, so a sheet of paper and a chair both have one. carries the same coldness as its English twin, and dorsa covers anything on that side.

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This word is part of lesson 16.