make head or tail of
To understand even minimally.
See if you can make head or tail of the last section in this chapter. I'm baffled.
tail
/teɪl/
noun 6verb 5adj 1name 1
Collocations
12(noun.) of an animal, a bird, etc.
ADJ
long | short | bushy, curly, curved, forked, pointed | muscular, prehensile
VERB + TAIL
flick, swish, thrash, wag, whisk
The cat whisked its tail back and forth when it saw the bird outside.
dock
The veterinarian had to dock the dog's tail because it kept getting infected.
TAIL + VERB
twitch, wag, wave
The cat's tail twitched nervously as it watched the bird through the window.
TAIL + NOUN
feathers, fin
(noun.) of a thing
TAIL + NOUN
section
The damaged tail section of the aircraft required extensive repairs before it could fly again.
fin, light
PREP
at the ~
The last car at the tail of the traffic jam finally started moving forward.
PHRASES
nose to tail
The cars lined up nose to tail along the highway during rush hour.
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