English-Estonian translations for backwards

tagurpidiSelle asemel liiguvad nad hoopis tagurpidi suunas. Instead they are moving backwards. Me ei tee edusamme, vaid liigume hoopis tagurpidi. We are not progressing: we are actually moving backwards. Tegelgem teadus- ja arendustegevusega, et me ei liiguks tagurpidi, vaid liiguks positiivsete lahendustega edasi. Let us do the research and development so that we do not go backwards, but go forward with positive solutions.
tahapooleIASB on kummardunud ettepoole ja tahapoole, et parlamendiga suhelda. It bent over backwards to communicate with Parliament.

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tagasisuunasSee kohtumine on pärast Kopenhaagenit Euroopa Liidu esimene võimalus näidata, kas ta liigub edasi ja astub tegelikke samme või läheb hoopis tagasisuunas. Now this meeting will be the first opportunity since Copenhagen for the European Union to demonstrate whether it is going forward and taking practical steps or going to slip backwards.
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The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement
The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror.
Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a backwards practice.
He was a very backwards scholar, but he was a marvel on the football field.
The cabinet toppled over backwards.
Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.—Søren Kierkegaard
The clock did not work because the battery was inserted backwards.
The tour guide walked backwards while droning on to the bored seniors.

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