Topic 28
BEHIND : IN FRONT (OF)
Behind and in front (of) are opposites
* There is a garden in front of the house and a large
orchard behind (the house).
[Orchard: garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without
undergrowth]
Orchard in Urdu language (پھلوں کا باغ) (نخلستان)
* Jack and Mary were sitting two
rows in front of me, and Tom and Anne were two rows behind
me.
Note that before cannot always be used for in front
of. Before usually suggests ‘face to face with’, as in
‘to be brought before the magistrates’. Behind and in front
are used adverbially.
* He couldn’t walk so fast as the
others, and slowly fell behind.
* The bests are those in
front.
Behind is used figuratively.
* It is unkind to criticize a man
behind his back (i.e. when he is not present).
* You can’t fight a duel
nowadays; you’re behind the times (i.e. out of the date,
old-fashioned).