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behind prep 1. in or to a position further back than 2. in the past in relation to: I want to leave the past behind me 3. late according to: running behind schedule 4. concerning the circumstances surrounding: the reasons behind his departure 5. supporting: I'm right behind you in your application Adverb 1. in or to a position further back 2. remaining after someone's departure: she left her books behind 3. in arrears: to fall behind with payments Adjective in a position further back Noun Informal the buttocks [Old English behindan]
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behind preposition 1. at the rear of, at the back of, at the heels of preposition 4. causing, responsible for, the cause of, initiating, at the bottom of, to blame for, instigating preposition 5. later than, after adverb 6. the back, the rear adverb 7. after, next, following, afterwards, subsequently, in the wake (of) << OPPOSITE in advance of adverb 9. overdue, in debt, in arrears, behindhand Translationsn → trasero; to be behind (schedule) → ir retrasado; behind the scenes (fig) → entre bastidores; we're behind them in technology (fig) → nos dejan atrás en tecnología; n → derrière m; adv (at/towards the back) → hinten n (buttocks) → Hintern m, Hinterteil nt; to leave/stay behind → zurücklassen/-bleiben (followed by pronoun) → dietro di; n → didietro; behind the scenes → dietro le quinte; to leave sth behind → dimenticare di prendere qc |
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He was repaid for his trouble, for on the far side of the house, close to where the rocky frontage of the cliff fell away, he saw Oolanga crouched behind the irregular trunk of a great oak. And so Tarzan of the Apes forged steadily ahead toward Opar's ruined ramparts and behind him slunk Werper, jackal-like, and only God knew what lay in store for each. As it was, they were running far behind their schedule, each day eating into the margin they had run up. |
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