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work back
Language:
Meanings:
1.
General
neutral
To move or progress in a backward direction toward an earlier point or position, often physically along a route or area.
2.
General
neutral
To trace, reconstruct, or deduce events, dates, or sequences in reverse order (for example, to determine earlier steps from later evidence).
3.
General
neutral
To return to a previous topic or item later in a discussion or sequence of tasks.
Examples:
EN:
Kay's doing a little work back here.
ES:
Kay está trabajando.
EN:
Then we'll work back up along the edge of the ravine as far as we can.
ES:
Luego seguiremos pegados al barranco mientras podamos.
EN:
Go to the far end and work back.
ES:
De vuelta, vamos al centro.
EN:
I'll start down at the other end of Ryder and work back up.
ES:
- Yo Ryder desde el final hasta aquí.
EN:
Maybe we'd better work back to that after you answer a couple of easier questions.
ES:
Tal vez sea mejor que volvamos a eso después de responder algunas preguntas más sencillas.
EN:
We'll start with Harry and work back.
ES:
Empezaremos con Harry e iremos hacia atrás.
EN:
Jack and I'll work back from the fore.
ES:
Jack y yo iremos de adelante para atrás.
EN:
Start there and work back to her first job in Miami if you have to.
ES:
Empieza ahí y ve hasta su primer trabajo en Miami si es preciso.
EN:
He said he had to work back this evening.
ES:
Quería que te dijera que esta noche trabaja hasta tarde.
EN:
Getting too rough to work back there.
ES:
También tienes la mala suerte de trabajar aquí.
EN:
I must take the results of my work back to civilization.
ES:
Debo llevar el resultado de mi trabajo a la civilización.
EN:
As long as you keep pressing the button, he'll work back and forth.
ES:
Mientras sigas apretando el botón, irá adelante y atrás.
EN:
She took her work back anyway.
ES:
De todos modos, retiró su obra.
EN:
I'll work back up the same way.
ES:
Regresaré por el mismo camino.
EN:
I've already done that kind of work back home. Now I want to change.
ES:
Se lo agradezco, pero no he venido a América a hacer las mismas cosas que hacía en mi país.
EN:
Kay's doing a little work back here.
ES:
Kay está trabajando.
EN:
Then we'll work back up along the edge of the ravine as far as we can.
ES:
Luego seguiremos pegados al barranco mientras podamos.
EN:
Go to the far end and work back.
ES:
De vuelta, vamos al centro.
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