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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Backing up

Can you please explain the meaning of backing up to in :
Lush grounds surrounded the university on one side, with the lake backing up to the other.
  

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"filling" the other side? "as a background to the other side" ? I could explain it in French, but it's a bit hard in English

  • "filling" the other side?
  • "as a background to the other side" ?
  • I could explain it in French, but it's a bit hard in English
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"filling" the other side?
"as a background to the other side" ?
I could explain it in French, but it's a bit hard in English
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That's how I see it too. I get your point, thank you.

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