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Johnleo Posted 18 years ago
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hang back

0(After Quidditch parctice) The rest of the team 01font00hung back02font00 to talk to each other as usual at the end of pratice, but Harry headed straight back to the Gryffindor common room, where ...02br
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00There are two definitions from Longman LDCE:02br
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001. to stay a short distance away from someone or something, and not go too near them02br
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002. to not say or do something because you are shy or afraid02br
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00I can't see any of the two is sensible if put into the sentence. 02br
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0 It is meaning 1. It means to pursue or follow someone from a short distance behind with or without their knowledge. 0-

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  • 0 It is meaning 1.
  • It means to pursue or follow someone from a short distance behind with or without their knowledge.
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0 It is meaning 1. It means to pursue or follow someone from a short distance behind with or without their knowledge. 0-
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0 hang back: stay/keep reserved, or stay/keep in reserve, thus 1 0-
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01cite10Johnleo12cite10(After Quidditch parctice) The rest of the team 11font10hung back12font10 to talk to each other as usual at the end of pratice, but Harry headed straight back to the Gryffindor common room, where ...12blockquote
10I agree with the poster, that there seems to
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0So it means that as Harry went back to the common room, they just talked to each other. And later they would go back to the common room, which is exactly what Harry just did. 0-
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01cite10Johnleo12cite10So it means that as Harry went back to the common room, they just talked to each other. And later they would go back to the common room, which is exactly what Harry just did.12blockquote
10 Yes. They hung back. They did not continue as others (or another) did. They did not proceed or move fo
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