"tail" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tail sustantivo

sustantivo + tail
Kolokacji: 34
lobster tail • pony tail • comet tail • tail of one's shirt • fish tail • ...
tail + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 42
tail end • tail feather • tail fin • tail section • tail light • tail surface • ...
tail + verbo
Kolokacji: 68
tail wagging • tail lashes • tail twitches • tail curls • tail swishes • ...
verbo + tail
Kolokacji: 49
turn tail • abandon after Red Tails • make tail • use one's tail • chase one's tail • ...
(3) use, eat
Kolokacji: 2
(4) chase, bite, cut, work
Kolokacji: 4
1. put one's tail = kłaść czyjś ogon put one's tail
2. lose one's tail = przegrywać czyjś ogon lose one's tail
3. stand on one's tail = stać czyjś ogon stand on one's tail
  • Then I moved to within a meter of her and stood on my tail as well.
  • He stood the Tomcat on its tail, grabbing for the sky.
  • And the queen started up, and stood on her tail, so excited was she.
  • He turned the tug to stand on its tail and pressed a firing trigger.
  • With a swoop and a drop back, he stood the tug on its tail!
  • It stood carefully upright on its tail and gently toppled side ways.
  • She wouldn't know a comet if she was standing on its tail.
  • We'll have you out of here, breathing bubbles and standing on your tail for the captain in no time.
  • It stood on its tail, engine growling, ready to take off and flame us from above.
  • Connie Girl stood on her tail and struck for the sky.
4. sit on one's tail = siadać czyjś ogon sit on one's tail
5. swallow one's tail = połykać czyjś ogon swallow one's tail
(6) wear, possess, lack
Kolokacji: 3
(7) tuck, tie
Kolokacji: 3
adjetivo + tail
Kolokacji: 94
long tail • short tail • black tail • bushy tail • prehensile tail • ...
preposición + tail
Kolokacji: 15
to tail • on one's tail • after Red Tails • at the tail • by the tail • ...

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