10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AT ONE'S BACK»
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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
... or another. at one's back • on one's back at one's back—1. said of smb.
pursuing or chasing a person: He hopped on the bike and tore out of the lot, as
though the hounds of hell were at his back. 2. said of smb. giving support or
protection to ...
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A Dictionary of the Spanish and English and English and ...
Espaldas (á), adv. at one's back; in one's absence. Espaldas vuéltas (á), adv.
behind one's back. Espaldas (sobre sus), ad tr. at one's expense. Esp&ldas (
echar a las), ra. to forget designedly. Espaldas (tornar las), ran. to avoid one ; run
away.
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A Dictionary of the Spanish Language in Two Parts: 1. ...
Espaldas (a), adv. at one's back; in one's absence. Espáldas vueltas (á), adv.
behind one's back. Espáldas (sóbre sus), adv. at one's expense. Espáldas (echár
á las), ra. to forget designedly. Espáldas (tornár las), van. to avoid one; run away.
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i Ching Fun - Scan for Signals: Visualizing the Numerology ...
Stopping at one's back without affecting one's whole body; walking in a garden
without seeing anyone, no disaster. Gen Gua is that stopping when it needs to
stop, moving when it needs to move. Both movement and stillness have their own
...
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A Pronouncing Dictionary of the Spanish and English ...
A' espaldas, At one's back, in one's absence. A' espaldas vuellas. Treacherously,
behind one's back. Echar d las espaldas, To forget designedly, to abandon.
Sobre mis espaldas. At my expense. Tornar, or volver las espaldas, 1. To avoid
any ...
Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, 1858
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Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English ...
A t -paldat, At one's back, in one's absence. A trpaJdat vuellat. Treacherously,
behind one's back. Echar d lat etpaldat, To forget designedly, to abandon. Sobre
mil etpaldat, At my expense. Tornar or volver tat etpaldat, 1 . To avoid any one ; to
...
Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1837
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Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English ...
At one's back, in one's absence. A' espaldat vueltas, Treacherously, behind one's
back. Echar & las espn/das, To forget designedly, to abandon. Subre mis
espaldas, At ni)r expense. Tornar or votver las espaldas, 1 . To avoid any one ; to
turn ...
Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti, Mateo Seoane, 1831
Vertigo felt at one's back is worse than the attraction of the void, it is the magnet of
the unknown, a mouth sucking one inward by the heels, against the current, and
at the same time hurtling one forward. Behind one's back are consummated ...
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Haptic Modernism: Touch and the Tactile in Modernist Writing
beauty spread at one's right hand, at one's left; at one's back too; it was escaping
all the time' (Woolf 1993a: 82-3). 'At one's back' recalls time's winged chariot once
again, here adapted so that, 'one' having mounted the chariot, it is time that ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AT ONE'S BACK»
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Come fly with me: a history of Irish aviation in images
Today, standing on that western seaboard, with the wind in one's face and the European continent at one's back, it is hard to resist an ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
Istiraha: A rare look inside the Saudi man-cave
... meters squared, lined along three sides by a traditional Saudi-style sofa - low cushions underneath and at one's back, with large, moveable, ... «Al-Arabiya, May 15»
Being a desk jockey may be unhealthy, but at least it makes us feel …
The depth of the desk provides a physical barrier to anyone threatening to intrude in front of us. (Ideally, there should be a wall at one's back. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Stockland: Remembering Lougheed's contribution to Canada
... though, because in fact, the richest form of moving forward is made with the constant light of home simultaneously at one's back and before ... «Calgary Herald, Mar 15»
Flowers make for picture perfect subjects
It is not always necessary to keep the sun at one's back. Shooting into the sun can result in better quality and more interesting photography. «Brantford Expositor, Sep 14»
Wading Wonderland — Wade-fishing tips for Big Lake, Sabine Lake …
Seventy-yard casts with the wind at one's back are common, and anglers like Hanchey and Berg say it's almost habit to reel in baits when they reach the halfway ... «Louisiana Sportsman, Apr 14»
One nation, under no duty to retreat
The imperative to "retreat to the wall" at one's back before turning to fight was incorporated into the English common law and imported during ... «Tampabay.com, Mar 14»
Florida had first Stand Your Ground law, other states followed in …
... retreating as far as possible — "the phrase was to the wall at one's back," said Suk — with the idea being that in a public place in the 1600s, ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 13»
Springtime in The New Yorker
The squirrels, having eaten the winter's store, are at one's back door asking for English walnuts, 'the large English walnuts, if you have them. «New Yorker, May 13»
Perpetual night and 90 degrees below zero: Why Ranulph Fiennes …
... denims and a polo shirt – he is unfailingly polite but instantly recognisable as the chap one would want at one's back should disaster strike. «Daily Mail, Sep 12»
