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Italian
Prepositional phrase
all'indietro
- backwards
- Synonym: a ritroso
2013, chapter 3, in F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 74:Ero sul punto di prendermi una grandiosa sbornia, per superare l'imbarazzo quando Jordan Baker uscì dalla casa e rimase in cima alle scale di marmo, chinandosi un po' all'indietro e mirando con sdegnoso interesse giù, verso il giardino.- I was on my way to get roaring drunk from sheer embarrassment when Jordan Baker came out of the house and stood at the head of the marble steps, leaning a little backward and looking with contemptuous interest down into the garden.
- (literally, “I was on the verge of getting extremely drunk, to overcome the embarrassment, when Jordan Baker came out of the house and stayed on top of the marble stairs, leaning a bit backward and looking down with disdainful interest, toward the garden.”)