backstairs [bækˈsteəz] sustantivoescalera (f) de servicio
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backstairs [bak-stears]adjetivoSecreto (secret). (Figurado)- Backstairs novels -> novelas baratas
- To get a job through backstairs influence -> conseguir un puesto por enchufe
Barato. Sórdido (sordid).(Fig.)
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backstairs [ˈbækˈstɛəz]
noun:plural
escalera de servicio; (f)modifier
[+staff] de servicio; [+work] doméstico; [+gossip, plot] clandestino; subrepticio I visualized descending into a tableau of upturned faces as the backstairs staff stood around in stained aprons ...odd little domestic arrangements like the backstairs maids' mop point Before these parties there was always an enormous amount of backstairs activity They gathered around her to be given the intriguing backstairs gossip Rhoda was privy to at the parties she was allowed to stay up late to attend ...the backstairs plots that are such a distinctive feature of life at the magazine He was infuriated by what he saw as their backstairs subterfuge in hiring a man of notorious political irresponsibility
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