What Is the Shape of This Word?

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What are the different meanings of the phrase 'to bend over backwards'? 

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Heute erzähle ich dir etwas über die deutsche Sprache. Und zwar über Wörter, die genau gleich gesprochen und geschrieben werden, aber in verschiedenen Zusammenhängen etwas ganz Unterschiedliches bedeuten. Ich erkläre dir, was Teekesselchen und Homonyme sind. Diesen Text hat Matth ...  Show more