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  • 91back|stairs — back stairs, 1. airs in the back part of a house, used especially for deliveries or by servants. 2. Figurative. a private, secret, or underhanded method or course. back|stairs «BAK STAYRZ», adjective. 1. secret and underhanded: »... backstairs… …

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  • 92big house, little house, back house, barn — noun A style of architecture in New England, also called connected farm …

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  • 93House of Carters — Reparto Nick Carter, Aaron Carter, Angel Charisma Carter, Leslie Barbara Carter, B.J. Carter Sintonía de cabecera Let It Go (Nick Carter) País de origen …

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  • 94back|room — «BAK ROOM, RUM», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a room in the back of a house, store, etc. 2. Figurative. a place of secret or behind the scenes influence, planning, or machination: »diplomatic backrooms. –adj. done or decided without public knowledge;… …

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  • 95back|woods|man — «BAK WUDZ muhn», noun, plural men. 1. a person who lives in the backwoods. 2. a person whose origin is in the backwoods. 3. British. a member of the House of Lords who seldom attends its meetings: »There is no sign of going back to the… …

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  • 96back|yard — «BAK YAHRD», noun, or back yard, 1. the yard behind a house or building: »We have a vegetable garden in the backyard and flowers in the front. 2. U.S. any adjoining region or area thought of as one s home grounds: »U.S. steel makers must compete… …

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  • 97house|keep — «HOWS KEEP», intransitive verb, kept, keep|ing. to manage a home and its affairs; keep house: »She housekeeps in London for a visiting American playwright (Manchester Guardian Weekly). ╂[back formation < housekeeper] …

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  • 98Back [3] — Back, 1) Jakob, Arzt zu Rotterdam, half der Lehre Harvey s vom Blutkreislauf Geltung verschaffen durch seine Dissertatio de corde, in qua agitur de nullitate spirituum, de haematosi, de viventium calore, Rotterd. 1648, 1671 u.ö. 2) (spr. Bäk),… …

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  • 99house|clean — «HOWS KLEEN», intransitive verb. to do a housecleaning: »When we all pitch in we can houseclean in about an hour (Maclean s). –v.t. to subject to a housecleaning: »I…tucked it in my flat middle desk drawer, the one that never gets housecleaned… …

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  • 100back onto something — ˌback ˈonto sth derived (BrE) (of a building) to have sth directly behind it • Our house backs onto the river. Main entry: ↑backderived …

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