Collocations with "back"

Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice

1 - Gymnasts have broad, muscular backs.

2 - I worked in the garden all morning and now my back aches.

3 - He broke his back in a terrible car accident.

4 - Have you ever read The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

5 - My dog always stretches his back and yawns when he wakes up.

6 - My cat arched his back and hissed loudly at the neighbor’s dog.

7 - She leaned her back against the door and looked at me suspiciously.

8 - He patted and scratched his dog’s back affectionately.

9 - Tall people are prone to back trouble.

10 - I need an office chair with good back support.

11 - If there’s a problem, please tell me to my face. Don’t go behind my back.

12 - He got a bad case of Covid and was flat on his back for weeks.

13 - What are you carrying on your back?

14 - She stood with her back to the fire, sipping hot chocolate.

15 - Watch your back—there are people who would like to get you fired.

16 - The boss gave me a slap on the back and told me I was going to get a raise soon.

17 - The children were sitting back to back in a large cardboard box.

18 - We could only get seats at the back of the stadium for the Taylor Swift concert.

19 - I prefer to sit near the front of the bus, not at the back.

20 - The dog wasn’t out front, so we went around back and looked for him there.

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