Difference between revisions of "Back to"

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* '''back to''' → to arrive back at some place
 
* '''back to''' → to arrive back at some place
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* '''Bach:''' (''German'') stream → [[ALP]] as the river Liffey → just as this paragraph opened with an allusion to the watery element ([[riverrun]]), so it ends with another; interestingly, both have German overtones → see [[aquaface]] for more commentary

Latest revision as of 03:44, 4 November 2006

  • back to → to turn one's back on something
  • back to → to have one's back to something → when he sits up in bed HCE has his back to Howth
  • back to → to arrive back at some place
  • Bach: (German) stream → ALP as the river Liffey → just as this paragraph opened with an allusion to the watery element (riverrun), so it ends with another; interestingly, both have German overtones → see aquaface for more commentary