No. 8,423 in Russian
назад
"Назад" means "back" or "ago."
In a sentence
Я вернулся назад через час.
I came back after an hour.
Here, 'назад' indicates 'back' in the sense of returning to a prior location or state.
Пять лет назад я жил в Москве.
Five years ago, I lived in Moscow.
In this sentence, 'назад' means 'ago', referring to a time in the past.
Назад дороге не было.
There was no way back on the road.
Here, 'назад' again means 'back', as in there being no way to return along the path or road.
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