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aback adverb

  /əˈbæk/
  • (nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
 [[про́тив]] [[ве́тра]], позади́, сза́ди
  • (archaic) Towards the back or rear; backwards. [First attested prior to 1150.]
 наза́д
take aback
заста́ть враспло́х, захва́тывать враспло́х, ошеломи́ть, ошеломля́ть
be taken aback
опешить
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