🇬🇧 Tail meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A “tail” is a person who secretly follows someone around to see where they go and what they are doing. The tail usually tries not to be noticed, like a spy hiding behind trees, newspapers, or silly disguises. People might use a tail to gather information about someone without that person knowing they are being watched.

Our teacher knew she had a tail because a mysterious kid kept following her into the copy room, the staff room, and even the broom closet.

The spy handbook said, “If you have a tail, change direction,” so I walked backward for five minutes and confused us both.

The detective realized he had a tail when the same man pretended to read the same upside‑down newspaper on every street corner.

I noticed a tail at the grocery store when the same stranger pretended to compare bananas every single aisle I walked down.

In spy stories, a “tail” is the sneaky person who follows you.

She felt a tail at the station, a tail in the crowd. Every turn she made, the same tail matched her steps. She slowed into a shop; the tail hesitated, then followed. Outside, she stopped and looked straight at the tail. The tail blushed, stepped back, and walked away—relief flooding her chest.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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