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Meanings of
back street
in English
Portuguese
beco
Catalan
carreró
Back to the meaning
A narrow street with walls on both sides.
alley
alleyway
Portuguese
beco
Synonyms
Examples for "
alley
"
alley
alleyway
Examples for "
alley
"
1
He saw no point in following the service
alley
left or right.
2
The crash had fallen in the
alley
of poplars along the road.
3
Linking the Iran issue to Israel leads us down a blind
alley
.
4
The
alley
door was open and in it stood the Senior Second.
5
The stock-room was in the rear, the large windows overlooking an
alley
.
1
The two had stepped down just off the street into the
alleyway
.
2
She left the square and headed along a narrow
alleyway
between buildings.
3
Two men had snuck up right behind us in the empty
alleyway
.
4
As they passed an open
alleyway
,
he heard sobbing and shuffling footsteps.
5
The spirit floated among the towers to descend into an abandoned
alleyway
.
Usage of
back street
in English
1
It was a
back
street
,
and the hill was an inviting one.
2
Those poor children on the
back
street
have been hungry long enough.
3
The window gives upon a low roof, which communicates with the
back
street
.
4
He passed through a
back
street
and out into wider thoroughfares.
5
It was in a quiet
back
street
,
within sound of St. Paul's clock.
6
It was quieter on the
back
street
leading to the flat.
7
Then the woods again, and some alleys, and a
back
street
.
8
Pharmacies and
back
street
merchants in Africa sell fake medicines at rock-bottom prices.
9
The exit is in a
back
street
which leads on to the Catherine Canal.
10
We lived in the
back
street
of a cheap suburb.
11
The shop extended right through to the narrow
back
street
which ran behind it.
12
And she named a small cafe in a
back
street
.
13
I slept at a small public-house in a Shaphambury
back
street
on Sunday night.
14
You are content even to sit before a window in a
back
street
-
and
listen
.
15
Out the rear way-mycar's waiting in the
back
street
.
16
From their pokey
back
street
base they hope, to combat oppression, terrorism and corruption worldwide.
Other examples for "back street"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
back
street
back
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
back street
Portuguese
beco
ruela
aléia
Catalan
carreró
Back street
through the time
Back street
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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