back street

1. A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre.

   Seitengasse

   закоу́локzakoúlok, глуха́я у́лицаgluxája úlica, задво́ркиzadvórki

   a narrow street with walls on both sides

2. A secret, clandestine, or illegal scene.

   Near-synonym: mean streets

1. Tom ran back across the street.

   deTom rannte zurück über die Straße.

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2. The robber attacked her on a back street.

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3. Tom is back on the street.

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4. I saw an old man fall on his back in the street.

   deIch sah, wie ein alter Mann auf der Straße auf den Rücken fiel.

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5. Adriano took a shortcut through the back streets.

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