tail

Pronúncia: teɪl
    noun
  1. Anatomy cua.
  2. [loose end] cap.
  3. [of hair] trena.
  4. [of comet] cua.
  5. Aeronautics aletes de popa.
  6. [of procession, etc.] cua.
  7. [of coat] faldó.
  8. [of shirt] faldó.
  9. tails [coat] frac sing.
  10. (idem) [of coin] creu.
  11. with its tail between its legs amb la cua entre cames.
  12. to spread its tail [of peacock] fer la roda.
  13. tails: you lose creu: has perdut.
  14. but there's a sting in the tail figurative però el pitjor ve al final.
  15. to keep one's tail up figurative no deixar-se (dominar \ abatre).
  16. to turn tail girar cua, fugir.
  17. to wear tails portar (algú) hàbit.
  18. there was another car close on my tail hi havia un altre cotxe que em seguia de prop.
    19. transitive verb
  19. [follow] seguir de prop, estalonar.
  20. vigilar.
  21. to tail something on to something afegir una cosa darrere una altra.

  22. [animal] escuar.
  23. [fruit] treure els peduncles a.
    24. intransitive verb
  24. to tail (away \ off) anar minvant (into fins a), desaparèixer a poc a poc.
  25. his voice tailed away va anar perdent la veu.
  26. after that the book tails away després d'això el llibre perd interès.

  27. to tail after someone seguir algú de prop.