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Phrases
- Back up The phrasal verb back up carries five primary meanings in everyday English: supporting someone who needs help, providing evidence that… B1 3 s
- Back down Back down means to stop demanding something, stop defending an argument, or withdraw a claim after opposition. It requires an earlier… B1 6 s
- Head back Head back means go towards a place you have already been. You can say it when you leave to return or while you are travelling there. It… B1 4 s
- Get back to Get back to means either to reply to someone at a later time with information, or to return to an activity, discussion, or task after an… B1 3 s
- On the back burner 'On the back burner' means postponing a plan, project, or issue or giving it less attention for now because another matter is more urgent… C1 3 s
- Backlog A backlog is a large amount of work or other unfinished business that has accumulated and is waiting to be handled. B2 3 s
- To bend over backwards To bend over backwards means to make an extraordinary effort to help, please, or support someone. The expression describes significant… B2 3 s
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Sentences from lessons
- A woman is coming back for her bag after the cooking class. She's the person whose apron had little red flowers on it. Her bag is in the office, beside the teacher's coat. When she arrives, please ask her to wait by the desk because the kitchen floor is still wet. I'll bring the bag out to her. A cooking-class helper tells a colleague how to handle a collection. · from ‘Whose bag is it? Describing people and their belongings’ B1 26 s Included with membership
- I have never read a story to a large group before, but I will give it my best shot. Please sit near the back and tell me if you can hear. A library volunteer checks whether their voice will reach the audience. · from ‘Give it your best shot’ B2 13 s Included with membership
- I am torn between visiting my sister this weekend and staying home to rest. I miss her, and we have not spent much time together lately. But work has been busy, and I need a quiet day. She said I could come next month instead. Perhaps I will go on Sunday and come back the same evening. Someone leaves a voice message about a weekend family visit. · from ‘Torn between’ B2 28 s Included with membership
- I could not work out why the printer had stopped. Then I opened the back and found some paper inside. It works again now. An office worker explains how a printer problem was solved. · from ‘Work out’ B1 11 s Included with membership
- We have an update on your missing bag. It missed the connection during the transfer last night, but it has arrived at the destination terminal. Our baggage office has already processed the tag. A courier service should bring the suitcase directly to your guesthouse by six this evening, so you do not need to come back. An agent provides a complete update to a guest waiting at a small guesthouse. · from ‘Delayed luggage’ B1 22 s Included with membership
