at the tail in English

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          "ref": "1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon",
          "text": "Miss Brownell was very fond of ridiculing her pupils. All the girls in the class giggled except one who had not been there in the morning and was consequently at the tail.",
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        "lagging; behind; at the back or rear"
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          "behind",
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  "word": "at the tail"
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        "2": "prepositional phrase",
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      "expansion": "at the tail",
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        {
          "ref": "1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon",
          "text": "Miss Brownell was very fond of ridiculing her pupils. All the girls in the class giggled except one who had not been there in the morning and was consequently at the tail.",
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        "lagging; behind; at the back or rear"
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"at the tail" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase