tail

coda

Parte che sporge dalla zona posteriore del corpo di un animale.

In inglese semplice: The part that sticks out from the back of an animal's body.

• The dog has a short tail.
• Our cat lifted her tail.
• Some lizards can grow new tails.

Espressioni comuni: wag its tail, a long tail, cat's tail

coda, impennaggio

Parte posteriore di un aereo che aiuta a controllarne la direzione e mantenerlo stabile.

In inglese semplice: The back part of an aircraft, which helps control its direction and keep it steady.

• The plane's tail is blue.
• Engineers checked the damaged tail.
• Ice had formed on the aircraft's tail.

Sinonimi: empennage

Espressioni comuni: aircraft tail, tail fin, plane's tail

croce, rovescio

Faccia di una moneta opposta a quella con una testa; in inglese si chiama di solito tails.

In inglese semplice: The side of a coin opposite the side with a person's head, usually called tails.

• The coin's tail shows a bird.
• Heads or tails: which do you choose?
• The coin landed tails up.

Sinonimi: reverse

Contrari: head

Espressioni comuni: tail side, coin's tail

pedinare

Seguire qualcuno di nascosto per scoprire dove va o cosa fa.

In inglese semplice: To follow someone secretly to find out where they go or what they do.

• The detective tailed the suspect.
• Someone has been tailing our car.
• Can you tail him without being seen?

Sinonimi: follow, shadow

Espressioni comuni: tail someone, tail a car, tail the suspect

ruotare alla fonda

Girare, per una barca ancorata, orientando la poppa in una certa direzione.

In inglese semplice: To turn a boat’s back end in a particular direction while the boat is held by an anchor.

• The anchored boat began to tail downstream.
• Both vessels tailed upstream as the tide changed.
• The yacht tails into the wind at anchor.

Sinonimi: swing

Espressioni comuni: tail downstream, tail upstream, tail into wind

limitato, vincolato

Limitato, soprattutto quando un bene può essere ereditato solo da determinati membri di una famiglia.

In inglese semplice: Limited or reduced, especially when property can pass only to certain members of a family.

• He inherited an estate tail.
• The land was held in fee tail.
• A grant in tail male excluded daughters from inheriting.

Sinonimi: limited, restricted

Contrari: unrestricted

Espressioni comuni: estate tail, fee tail, tail male