backstreet
backstreet · more backstreet · most backstreet
Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with…Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
US/bˈækstˌit/
» She was born and brought up on the backstreets.
Она родилась и выросла на задворках.
Meaning
2 sensesAssociated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
(figuratively)Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
Examples
3 sentencesShe was born and brought up on the backstreets.
ruОна родилась и выросла на задворках.
The refugees were living in a narrow, squalid backstreet.
I always get the Backstreet Boys confused with NSync.
Origin
From back + street.From back + street.
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Forms
more backstreet, most backstreet| Comparative | more backstreet Lesson |
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| Superlative | most backstreet Lesson |
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Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form