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WBYeats
 
Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2014 06:21 am
Imagine a person is standing on a gigantic clock. When a mirror is placed on (or in?) the 12 o'clock position, we say a mirror is placed IN FRONT OF him. But what do you call it in English when a mirror is placed on the 4/5/7/8 positions?

-A mirror is placed ___ him, so he is able to see the back of himself.
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contrex
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2014 10:44 am
@WBYeats,
Behind him
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contrex
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2014 11:51 am
@WBYeats,
WBYeats wrote:
-A mirror is placed ___ him, so he is able to see the back of himself.


He has eyes in the back of his head?
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WBYeats
 
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Reply Wed 12 Feb, 2014 03:15 am
Thank you. But apart from BEHIND, has English other words? I thought of sideways/sidelong etc. but they don't work. And BEHIND very often means right behind you on the 6 o'clock position, rather than at a certain angle.
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MontereyJack
 
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Reply Wed 12 Feb, 2014 03:31 am
I can't think of single words to describe most of the possible positions. "Behind" would probably apply to 5:30 or 6:30 too. Maybe 5:00 and 7:00, too, but at some rather indefinite point, you're going to have to start referring to it as something like "behind and a bit off to one side" or when it's somewhat farther off axis, "behind and off to one side".
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Romeo Fabulini
 
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Reply Wed 12 Feb, 2014 05:38 am
If you stand looking straight ahead at 12 oclock,
Front would be something like 11,12,1
Side would be 8,9,10 on the left and 2,3,4 on the right
Behind would be 5,6,7
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anonymously99stwin
 
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Reply Wed 12 Feb, 2014 06:52 am
@WBYeats,
Does he turn around at all? Maybe I should keep re reading. All these damn numbers. I would just call it 69.
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anonymously99stwin
 
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Reply Wed 12 Feb, 2014 06:55 am
@WBYeats,
anonymously99stwin
 
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Reply Wed 12 Feb, 2014 07:03 am
@anonymously99stwin,
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WBYeats
 
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Reply Wed 12 Feb, 2014 07:54 am
Thank you~
anonymously99stwin
 
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Reply Wed 12 Feb, 2014 08:38 am
@WBYeats,
Is this you showing me your blinking tail lights? Rhetoric.
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RayRaySparxx
 
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Reply Thu 13 Feb, 2014 12:15 pm
@WBYeats,
To the back of him? Behind his left/right shoulder?
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JTT
 
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Reply Thu 13 Feb, 2014 05:40 pm
@WBYeats,
If the person is standing in the center of the clock, you can use

'behind, to one's right/left',

WB.

Or,

... in front, to my left/right.

For more exact positioning, we would use clock numbers

You stand at 8 o'clock, Ralph, Kenny, you at 2 o'clock, ... .
anonymously99stwin
 
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Reply Thu 13 Feb, 2014 06:33 pm
@JTT,
WB is mine. Keep your distance.
JTT
 
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Reply Thu 13 Feb, 2014 06:36 pm
@anonymously99stwin,
Smile
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WBYeats
 
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Reply Fri 14 Feb, 2014 03:47 am
Thank you~~
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