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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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1. The Post-it note was built on the back of some not-very-good glue.

Q) What does "back" mean in #1? Because of it, I can't figure out the exact meaning of the sentence.
  

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e. the Post-it note was created by taking advantage of some not-very-good glue.

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  • the Post-it note was created by taking advantage of some not-very-good glue.
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on the back of: by using or taking advantage of someone or something else

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/on-the-back-of-sb-sth

I.e. the Post-it note was created by taking advantage of some not-very-good glue.

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