No. 9,591 in Russian
хвост
Tail.
In a sentence
У кошки длинный хвост.
The cat has a long tail.
Here, 'хвост' denotes a physical tail of an animal.
Машина ехала так быстро, что за ней тянулся пыльный хвост.
The car was moving so fast that a dusty trail stretched behind it.
In this sentence, 'хвост' metaphorically represents a trail or something stretched out behind.
На экзамене я оказался в хвосте списка.
In the exam, I ended up at the tail end of the list.
Here, 'хвост' refers figuratively to the last position or the end of something.
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